Countries
Thailand
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Lao Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4424
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
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Habari
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Asante
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
โปรด (Pord)
tafadhali
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
pole
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
bye
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Isan
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Isan
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
912
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
20.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
thaï
swahili
German Name
Thailändisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1283 CE
6th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Swahili
Language Position
4721
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
th
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
swa
ISO 639 2/B
tha
swa
ISO 639 3
tha
swa
ISO 639 6
tha
swa
Glottocode
thai1261
swah1254
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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