Countries
Thailand
Philippines
National Language
Thailand
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Lao Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Kamusta
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Salamat po
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Magandang umaga po
Please
โปรด (Pord)
pakiusap
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Paálam
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Isan
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Isan
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Philippines
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Filipino
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Philippines
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Filipino, Pilipino
German Name
Thailändisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Tagalog people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Thai
Filipino
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
taga1269
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
31-CKA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
Thai and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Tagalog language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Thai vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.