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Arabic vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Thailand  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
8  
5

How Many Consonants
44  
33
28  
18

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
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
صباح الخير  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
من فضلك  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
آسف  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
وداعا  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
thaï  
arabe  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
512 CE  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
47  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
ara  

ISO 639 3
tha  
ara  

ISO 639 6
tha  
ara  

Glottocode
thai1261  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Thai and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Arabic language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Arabic Language History.

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Thai and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Arabic language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Arabic Difficulty

The Thai vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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