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Urdu and Thai


Thai and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Pakistan   
Thailand   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Asia   

Minority Language
India   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
32   
21

How Many Consonants
40   
29
44   
33

Scripts
Arabic   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
الوداع   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Isan   

Where They Speak
India   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
India   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
اُردُو   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
ourdou   
thaï   

German Name
Urdu   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tai   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Thai   

Language Position
20   
18
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
tha   

ISO 639 3
urd   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Urdu and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Thai Speaking population

Urdu and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Thai on Urdu vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Thai Language Codes

Urdu and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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