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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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