Countries
Japan
  
Thailand
  
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 in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.