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Amharic and Thai


Thai and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Ethiopia  
Thailand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
-  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
32  
21

How Many Consonants
31  
21
44  
33

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
i'bakwon  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
aznallehu  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
tschao  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Southern Thai  

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

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
አማርኛ  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
amharique  
thaï  

German Name
Amharisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
13th century  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tai  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Thai  

Language Position
55  
99+
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
tha  

ISO 639 3
amh  
tha  

ISO 639 6
amh  
tha  

Glottocode
amha1245  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Amharic and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Amharic and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Amharic and Thai Speaking population

Amharic and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Amharic and Thai on Amharic vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Thai Language Codes

Amharic and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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