Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2644
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2144
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Thai
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Evening Good
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Fadlan
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
caraysiiyo
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Isan
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Isan
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
21.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
39
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
21.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
af Soomaali
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
somali
thaï
German Name
Somali
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Somalis
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
19th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Somali
Thai
Language Position
8347
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
tha
ISO 639 2/B
som
tha
ISO 639 3
som
tha
ISO 639 6
som
tha
Glottocode
soma1255
thai1261
Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating