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Spanish vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
46  
1

National Language
Thailand  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
French Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
22  
12

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)  
hola  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Gracias  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Buenos Días  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
triste  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
adiós  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Español  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
thaï  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
210 BC  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
47  
34
2  
2

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
spa  

ISO 639 3
tha  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Thai and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Spanish language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Thai vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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