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Somali

Thai
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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2644
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

532
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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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
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

39
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.07 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

21.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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

Somali and Thai Alphabets

Somali and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Thai. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Somali and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Thai languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Somali and Thai Speaking population

Somali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % 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 Somali and Thai on Somali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Thai Language Codes

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