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Thai and Shona


Shona and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
5  
2

How Many Consonants
44  
33
46  
34

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Mhoro  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Masikati  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Mangwanani  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
bye  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
thaï  
shona  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
20th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
47  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
sna  

ISO 639 3
tha  
sna  

ISO 639 6
tha  
sna  

Glottocode
thai1261  
core1255  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Thai and Shona Speaking population

Thai and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Thai vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Shona Language Codes

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

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