Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hallo
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Mange tak
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
God nat
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
God aften
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
God morgen
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Please
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Undskyld!
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Farvel
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Scanian
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Sweden
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Denmark
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
5.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.50 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
dansk
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
danois
  
thaï
  
German Name
Dänisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
c. 1100 AD
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
da
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
dan
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
dan
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
dan
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
dani1284
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating