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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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