Countries
Thailand
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Babay
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
thaï
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Cebuano language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Thai vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.