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Thai vs Estonian


Estonian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
Estonia, Gambia   

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   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
44   
33
18   
8

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Tere   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Palun   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Vabandust   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Head aega   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Georgia, South Estonia   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Eesti keel   

French Name
thaï   
estonien   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
13th century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Estonian   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
est   

ISO 639 3
tha   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Thai and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Estonian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Thai vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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