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Thai and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
32  
21

How Many Consonants
28  
18
44  
33

Scripts
Arabic  
Thai  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
من فضلك  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
آسف  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
وداعا  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
أحبك  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
arabe  
thaï  

German Name
Arabisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tai  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Thai  

Language Position
25  
23
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
tha  

ISO 639 3
ara  
tha  

ISO 639 6
ara  
tha  

Glottocode
arab1395  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Thai Speaking population

Arabic and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Thai on Arabic vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Thai Language Codes

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

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