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Thai vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
44   
33
16   
6

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.32 %   
38

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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Cebuano language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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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.

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