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Thai vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
China  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Thailand  
China  

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  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region  

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Uzbek Language  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Gokturk Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
9  
6

How Many Consonants
44  
33
27  
17

Scripts
Thai  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Ässalamu läykum.  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
rakhmat  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
birdam  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
kachurung  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
Khayr khosh  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
sizni yahshi kOrman  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
Kachurung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Turpan  

Where They Speak
Isan  
China  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Hotan  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
China  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Lop Nur  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
39
25,000,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
7  
7

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
24
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga  

French Name
thaï  
ouïgour  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Uigurisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Uyghur  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
11  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Uyghur  

Language Position
47  
99+
98  
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Uyghur  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ug  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
uig  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
uig  

ISO 639 3
tha  
uig  

ISO 639 6
tha  
uig  

Glottocode
thai1261  
uigh1240  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Thai and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Uyghur language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Thai vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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