Countries
Thailand
  
Haiti
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Haiti
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Central America, North America
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Cuba
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
  
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.
  
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
HaitianCreole-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Bonjou
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Mèsi
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Kijan ou yé?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Bon nwit
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Bonswa
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Bon apre-midi
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Souple
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dezole
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Babay
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Mwen renmen w
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Eskize m
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Northern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Cap-Haitien
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Central Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Port-au-Prince
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Southern Haitian Creole
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Cayes
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
9.60 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
9.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Kreyòl ayisyen
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
  
French Name
thaï
  
haïtien; créole haïtien
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[kɣejɔl]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Haitians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Haitian Creole
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ht
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
hat
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
hat
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
hat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
hait1244
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
51-AAC-cb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Haitian Creole 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 Haitian Creole greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Haitian Creole language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Haitian Creole word for "Thank You" is Mèsi. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Haitian Creole Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Haitian Creole Difficulty
The Thai vs Haitian Creole difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Haitian Creole 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 Haitian Creole are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Haitian Creole, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Haitian Creole time required is 24 weeks.