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Chinese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Thailand  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
24  
19

How Many Consonants
44  
33
23  
13

Scripts
Thai  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Isan  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Not Available  

French Name
thaï  
chinois  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Han  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
47  
34
1  
1

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
chi  

ISO 639 3
tha  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Thai and Chinese 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 Thai and Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Thai and Chinese Speaking population

Thai and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Thai vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Chinese Language Codes

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

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