Countries
Thailand
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Yemen
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Lao Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
325
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4421
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Hello
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Fadlan
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
sorry
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Isan
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Isan
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
93
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
thaï
somali
German Name
Thailändisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Somalis
Origin
1283 CE
19th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Somali
Language Position
4783
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
som
ISO 639 2/B
tha
som
ISO 639 3
tha
som
ISO 639 6
tha
som
Glottocode
thai1261
soma1255
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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