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Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Thailand  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
21  
11

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Hallo  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
goedemorgen  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
sorry  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
thaï  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
47  
34
48  
35

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
dut  

ISO 639 3
tha  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Thai and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Dutch language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Thai vs Dutch Difficulty

The Thai vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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