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Finnish vs Thai


Thai vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Thailand  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
32  
21

How Many Consonants
13  
3
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Kiitos  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
haluta  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Heippa  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
31
4,500,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.85 %  
23

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
39
40.00 million  
15

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
finnois  
thaï  

German Name
Finnisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
1543  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Tai  

Branch
Finnic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Thai  

Language Position
Not Available  
47  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
tha  

ISO 639 3
fin  
tha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
finn1318  
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, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Finnish and Thai Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Thai language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Thai Language History.

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Finnish 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 Finnish and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Thai language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Finnish vs Thai Difficulty

The Finnish vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish 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 Finnish and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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