Home
Languagevs


Portuguese vs Thai


Thai vs 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  

Countries >>
<< All

Portuguese and Thai Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Thai language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Thai Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Portuguese vs Thai Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages