Countries
Indonesia
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
maaf
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
indonésien
  
thaï
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
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
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Thai language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Thai Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.