Countries
Thailand
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
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 in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
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Scripts
Thai
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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)
Where They Speak
Isan
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Wu
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Yue
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Not Available
German Name
Thailändisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Han
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
sini1245
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
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.
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.