Countries
Thailand
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Thailand
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
hallo
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
goeie more
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
jammer
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
thaï
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic
  
Thai and Afrikaans Speaking population
Thai and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Thai and Afrikaans on Thai vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Afrikaans Language Codes
Thai and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.