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Thai vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
32  
21

How Many Consonants
21  
11
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
0.85 %  
23

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  

History

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  

Language Position
48  
35
47  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Dutch and Thai Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Thai language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Thai Language History.

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Dutch and Thai Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Thai language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Thai Difficulty

The Dutch vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Thai Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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