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German vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Thailand  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
10  
7

How Many Consonants
44  
33
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
hallo  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Danke  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
guten Morgen  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
bitte  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
thaï  
allemand  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Germans  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
47  
34
9  
9

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
ger  

ISO 639 3
tha  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
thai1261  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Thai and German Language History

Comparison of Thai vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and German language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Thai vs German Difficulty

The Thai vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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