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Japanese vs Thai


Thai vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Japan   
Thailand   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
32   
21

How Many Consonants
14   
4
44   
33

Scripts
Kana   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
日本語   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
japonais   
thaï   

German Name
Japanisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
1185   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Thai   

Language Position
8   
8
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
tha   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Japanese and Thai Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Thai language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Thai Language History.

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

Japanese vs Thai Difficulty

The Japanese vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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