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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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