Countries
Thailand
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
thaï
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Thai and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Vietnamese language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Thai vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.