Countries
Thailand
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Biko
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Ndo
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Ibo
  
French Name
thaï
  
igbo
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Thai and Igbo 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 Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Igbo language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Igbo Difficulty
The Thai vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.