Countries
Thailand
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Samahani
Where They Speak
Isan
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Kilwa
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
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
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Swahili
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
thai1261
swah1254
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Thai and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Thai and Swahili Speaking population
Thai and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Thai vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Swahili Language Codes
Thai and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.