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Thai vs Croatian


Croatian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Thailand  
Austria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
25  
15

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
bok  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
hvala  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
kako si  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
dobro jutro  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
molim  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Oprostite  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Hrvatski  

French Name
thaï  
croate  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Croats  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
9th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
47  
34
23  
19

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
tha  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Thai and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Croatian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian Language History.

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Thai and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Croatian language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Croatian Difficulty

The Thai vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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