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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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