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Thai vs Hausa


Hausa vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
12  
9

How Many Consonants
44  
33
32  
22

Scripts
Thai  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
sannu  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Daragaram  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
thaï  
haoussa  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
14  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Hausa  

Language Position
47  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
hau  

ISO 639 3
tha  
hau  

ISO 639 6
tha  
hau  

Glottocode
thai1261  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Thai and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Hausa language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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

Thai vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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