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Thai and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

National Language
Portugal   
Thailand   

Second Language
United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
32   
21

How Many Consonants
19   
9
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
Olá   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
obrigado   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Por Favor   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
tchau   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Português   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Português   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
portugais   
thaï   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Thai   

Language Position
6   
6
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
tha   

ISO 639 3
por   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Portuguese and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Thai Speaking population

Portuguese and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Thai on Portuguese vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Thai Language Codes

Portuguese and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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