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Thai vs Basque


Basque vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
21  
11

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Isan  
France  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
8,700.00  
99+

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
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  

History

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
47  
34
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

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  

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Thai and Basque Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Basque language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. 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 Basque Language History.

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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.

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