Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- 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
Finnish
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-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
Tere
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Palun
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Head aega
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
eesti keel
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
estonien
  
thaï
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
13th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Tai
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Estonian 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 Estonian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Thai language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Estonian vs Thai Difficulty
The Estonian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.