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Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Thailand  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
16  
6

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
ciao  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
grazie  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Come stai?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
buongiorno  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
scusate  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
arrivederci  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
3,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
5,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
0.90 %  
22

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
14.00 million  
20

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Italiano  

French Name
thaï  
italien  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Italians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
960 BC  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Italian  

Language Position
47  
34
27  
23

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
ita  

ISO 639 3
tha  
ita  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
itas  

Glottocode
thai1261  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Thai and Italian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Italian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Thai vs Italian Difficulty

The Thai vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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