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Thai and Indonesian


Indonesian and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
6   
3

How Many Consonants
44   
33
19   
9

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Halo   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
maaf   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
thaï   
indonésien   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Indonesian   

Language Position
47   
34
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
ind   

ISO 639 3
tha   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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

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Thai and Indonesian Speaking population

Thai and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Thai vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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