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Dutch vs Thai


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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