Countries
Norway
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Norway
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
takk
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
god natt
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
ha det
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Norsk
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
thaï
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Thai language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Thai Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.