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