Countries
Thailand
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Pakistan
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Lao Language
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4444
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
327
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4429
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
โปรด (Pord)
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Isan
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Isan
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
921
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.85 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
thaï
pachto
German Name
Thailändisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Pashtun
Origin
1283 CE
1651
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
4782
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
pus
ISO 639 2/B
tha
pus
ISO 639 3
tha
pus
ISO 639 6
tha
pus
Glottocode
thai1261
pash1269
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional