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
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Isan
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Sudan
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Levantine
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Thailändisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Arabs
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
arab1395
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
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.