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Thai vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
15   
12

How Many Consonants
44   
33
17   
7

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
hallo   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
goeie more   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
asseblief   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
jammer   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Not Available   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Baster Afrikaans   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
thaï   
afrikaans   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
17th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
afr   

ISO 639 3
tha   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
thai1261   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic   

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Thai and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Afrikaans language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Afrikaans Language History.

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Thai and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Afrikaans language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Thai vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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