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Thai vs Amharic


Amharic vs Thai


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Countries
Thailand  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Ethiopia  

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)  
-  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
7  
4

How Many Consonants
44  
33
31  
21

Scripts
Thai  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Selam  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
aznallehu  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
tschao  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
18.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
thaï  
amharique  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Amharas  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Amharic  

Language Position
47  
99+
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
amh  

ISO 639 3
tha  
amh  

ISO 639 6
tha  
amh  

Glottocode
thai1261  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Thai and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Amharic language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Amharic Language History.

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Thai and Amharic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Amharic language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Amharic Difficulty

The Thai vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.

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