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Thai vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Thailand   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
32   
21

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
grazie   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Per Favore   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
scusate   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
arrivederci   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Italiano   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
italien   
thaï   

German Name
Italienisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
960 BC   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Thai   

Language Position
27   
23
47   
34

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
tha   

ISO 639 3
ita   
tha   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Italian and Thai Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Thai language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC whereas history of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Italian and Thai Language History.

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Italian 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 Italian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Thai language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Thai Difficulty

The Italian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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