Countries
Thailand
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
sorry
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
thaï
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard Dutch
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic