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Norwegian and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
44   
33
20   
10

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
hallo   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
takk   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
god natt   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
god morgen   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
unnskyld   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
ha det   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Sogn   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Norsk   

French Name
thaï   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
nor   

ISO 639 3
tha   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Thai and Norwegian Speaking population

Thai and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Thai vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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