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Kurdish and Thai


Thai and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
32  
21

How Many Consonants
29  
19
44  
33

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Thai  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
Sipas  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Isan  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Isan  

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
39

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
kurde  
thaï  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Thai  

Language Position
14  
13
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
tha  

ISO 639 3
kur  
tha  

ISO 639 6
kur  
tha  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Kurdish and Thai Speaking population

Kurdish and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Thai on Kurdish vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Thai Language Codes

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

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