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Thai vs Finnish


Finnish vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
8   
5

How Many Consonants
44   
33
13   
3

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Moi   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
haluta   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Anteeksi   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Heippa   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Finland   

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Finland, Rauma   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
Not Available   

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Suomi   

French Name
thaï   
finnois   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1543   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Thai   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
fin   

ISO 639 3
tha   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
finn1318   

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, Synthetic   

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Thai and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Finnish language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Thai vs Finnish Difficulty

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

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