Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Thailand
National Language
France
Thailand
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Latin
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Merci
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
bonsoir
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Bonjour
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
S'il vous plaît
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
désolé
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
au revoir
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Je t'aime
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Isan
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Isan
Dialect 2
African French
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Africa
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
français
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Français
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
français
thaï
German Name
Französisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
9th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard French
Thai
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
thai1261
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
French 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 French and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Thai language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common French Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Thai Difficulty
The French vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.
