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Thai vs Swedish


Swedish vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Thailand   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
44   
33
18   
8

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)   
hej   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
god morgon   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
vänligen   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ledsen   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
hej då   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
France   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Svenska   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
thaï   
suédois   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
13th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
47   
34
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
swe   

ISO 639 3
tha   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

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 Swedish Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Swedish language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Thai vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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