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German and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8

National Language
Thailand   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
44   
33
9   
1

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
hallo   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Danke   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
guten Morgen   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
bitte   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Tschüs   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
thaï   
allemand   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Germans   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
47   
34
9   
9

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
ger   

ISO 639 3
tha   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
thai1261   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Thai and German Speaking population

Thai and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and German languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Thai vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and German Language Codes

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

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