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Thai and Amharic


Amharic and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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)  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
7  
4

How Many Consonants
44  
33
31  
21

Scripts
Thai  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
47  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Thai and Amharic Speaking population

Thai and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Thai and Amharic on Thai vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Amharic Language Codes

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

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