Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
- 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
German and English Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-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
dankjewel
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
sorry
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Nederlands
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
thaï
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating