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Kurdish vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
8  
5

How Many Consonants
44  
33
29  
19

Scripts
Thai  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Silaw  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Bibûre  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Isan  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
thaï  
kurde  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Kurdish  

Language Position
47  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
kur  

ISO 639 3
tha  
kur  

ISO 639 6
tha  
kur  

Glottocode
thai1261  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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Thai and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Kurdish language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century 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 Kurdish Language History.

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

Thai vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Thai vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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