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Amharic vs Thai


Thai vs 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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Amharic and Thai Language History

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

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

Amharic vs Thai Difficulty

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

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