Countries
Thailand
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-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)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
God morgen
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Please
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Denmark
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
5.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
thaï
  
danois
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional