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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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