Thai and Zulu
Countries
Thailand
South Africa
National Language
Thailand
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Lao Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Sawubona
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
unjani
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
โปรด (Pord)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Isan
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Zimbabwe
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Isizulu, Zunda
German Name
Thailändisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Zulu people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Thai
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Thai
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
thai1261
zulu1248
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Thai and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Thai and Zulu Speaking population
Thai and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Thai vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Thai and Zulu Language Codes
Thai and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.