Countries
Thailand
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Thailand
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Egun on
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Agur
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
thaï
  
basque
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Basque
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Thai and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Basque language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Basque Difficulty
The Thai vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.