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Portuguese and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Thailand  
Portugal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
44  
33
19  
9

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Olá  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
bom Dia  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
pesaroso  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
tchau  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Português  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Português  

French Name
thaï  
portugais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Portuguese  

Language Position
47  
34
6  
6

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
por  

ISO 639 3
tha  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
port1283  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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

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Thai and Portuguese Speaking population

Thai and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Thai vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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