Countries
Thailand
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Lao Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
327
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4431
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Selam
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
โปรด (Pord)
i'bakwon
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
aznallehu
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
tschao
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Isan
Gondar
Where They Speak
Isan
Gondar
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Showa
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
95
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
thaï
amharique
German Name
Thailändisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Amharas
Origin
1283 CE
13th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Thai
Amharic
Language Position
4755
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
amh
ISO 639 2/B
tha
amh
ISO 639 3
tha
amh
ISO 639 6
tha
amh
Glottocode
thai1261
amha1245
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional