Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
tschao
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Not Available
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
amharique
  
thaï
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
13th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Thai language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Thai Difficulty
The Amharic vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.