Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Thailand
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Sorry
Verzeihung
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Tschüs
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Isan
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Isan
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Germany
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Texas German
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Texas
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
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
Origin
6th Century AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed German
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
thai1261
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
German 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 German and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Thai language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common German Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Thai Difficulty
The German vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.