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Thai vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Thailand  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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
French Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
32  
21

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Gracias  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Por Favor  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
triste  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
adiós  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
6,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
4,500,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.85 %  
23

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
40.00 million  
15

Native Name
Español  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
thaï  

German Name
Spanisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
210 BC  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Thai  

Language Position
2  
2
47  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
tha  

ISO 639 3
spa  
tha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Spanish and Thai Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Thai language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC 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 Spanish and Thai Language History.

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

Spanish vs Thai Difficulty

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

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