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Uyghur vs Thai


Thai vs Uyghur


Countries

Countries
China  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
China  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

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

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

Derived From
Gokturk Language  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
32  
21

How Many Consonants
27  
17
44  
33

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Thai  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ässalamu läykum.  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
rakhmat  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

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

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

Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
birdam  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
kachurung  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Khayr khosh  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

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

Excuse Me
Kachurung  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Turpan  
Isan  

Where They Speak
China  
Isan  

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

Dialect 2
Hotan  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
China  
Northern Thailand  

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

Dialect 3
Lop Nur  
Southern Thai  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.85 %  
24

Native Speakers
8.20 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)  
ภาษาไทย  

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

French Name
ouïgour  
thaï  

German Name
Uigurisch  
Thailändisch  

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

Ethnicity
Uyghur  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
11  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Uyghur  
Thai  

Language Position
98  
99+
47  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ug  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uig  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
uig  
tha  

ISO 639 3
uig  
tha  

ISO 639 6
uig  
tha  

Glottocode
uigh1240  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Uyghur and Thai Language History

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

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

Uyghur vs Thai Difficulty

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

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