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Igbo and Thai


Thai and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
32   
21

How Many Consonants
28   
18
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
dalụ   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Biko   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
Ndo   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
Not Available   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Isan   

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

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Not present   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
igbo   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Ibo   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
igbo   
thaï   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Thai   

Language Position
57   
99+
47   
34

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
tha   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
No data available   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Igbo 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 Igbo and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Igbo and Thai Speaking population

Igbo and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Thai on Igbo vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Thai Language Codes

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

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