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Thai vs Japanese


Japanese vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
44   
33
14   
4

Scripts
Thai   
Kana   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
1.90 %   
10

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)   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
8   
8

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Japanese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Japanese language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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