Countries
Thailand
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Thailand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Lao Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Habari
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
Asante
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
โปรด (Pord)
tafadhali
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
pole
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Samahani
Where They Speak
Isan
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Kilwa
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
German Name
Thailändisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1283 CE
6th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Thai
No early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Swahili
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
thai1261
swah1254
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Thai and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Swahili language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Swahili Difficulty
The Thai vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.