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Thai and Urdu


Urdu and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
India  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
10  
7

How Many Consonants
44  
33
40  
29

Scripts
Thai  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
الوداع  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Isan  
India  

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Bihari  

French Name
thaï  
ourdou  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
47  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
urd  

ISO 639 3
tha  
urd  

ISO 639 6
tha  
urd  

Glottocode
thai1261  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
59-AAF-q  

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

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Thai and Urdu Speaking population

Thai and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Thai vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Urdu Language Codes

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

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