Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2444
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
Latin
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Habari
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Asante
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
tafadhali
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
pole
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
nakupenda
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Isan
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Isan
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
129
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.85 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kiswahili
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
swahili
thaï
German Name
Swahili
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
6th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Swahili
Thai
Language Position
2147
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
tha
ISO 639 2/B
swa
tha
ISO 639 3
swa
tha
ISO 639 6
swa
tha
Glottocode
swah1254
thai1261
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating