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Thai and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Germany   
Thailand   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
32   
21

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
Danke   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
bitte   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
Tschüs   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Deutsch   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
allemand   
thaï   

German Name
Deutsch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Tai   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Thai   

Language Position
9   
9
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
tha   

ISO 639 3
deu   
tha   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All German and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Thai dialects. Various dialects of German and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Thai Speaking population

German and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of German and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak German and Thai on German vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Thai Language Codes

German and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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