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Amharic vs Thai


Thai vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200   
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
32   
21

How Many Consonants
31   
21
44   
33

Scripts
Ethiopic   
Thai   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.85 %   
23

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   

History

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   

Language Position
55   
40
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Amharic and Thai Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Thai language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Amharic and Thai Language History.

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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.

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