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Thai vs Armenian


Armenian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Greek  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
32  
22

Scripts
Thai  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Eastern Armenian  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
thaï  
arménien  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Armenians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
47  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
arm  

ISO 639 3
tha  
hye  

ISO 639 6
tha  
hye  

Glottocode
thai1261  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Thai and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Armenian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th 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 Armenian Language History.

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

Thai vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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