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Countries
Thailand  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Thailand  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
44  
33
19  
9

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)  
Olá  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
boa noite  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
bom Dia  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
pesaroso  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
tchau  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Português  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Português  

French Name
thaï  
portugais  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Portuguese  

Language Position
47  
34
6  
6

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
por  

ISO 639 3
tha  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
port1283  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Thai and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Portuguese language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Thai vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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