Countries
Thailand
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Isan
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Belgium, Netherlands
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
Origin
1283 CE
AD 450-500
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Thai
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
mode1257
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
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.