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Japanese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Japan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Palau   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
44   
33
14   
4

Scripts
Thai   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Sanuki   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Kagawa   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Hakata   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Fukuoka   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Kansai   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Not Available   

French Name
thaï   
japonais   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1185   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Japanese   

Language Position
47   
34
8   
8

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
tha   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Thai and Japanese Speaking population

Thai and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Thai vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Japanese Language Codes

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

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