Countries
Thailand
  
Japan
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
japonais
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1185
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Thai and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Japanese language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Japanese Difficulty
The Thai vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.