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Arabic vs Thai


Thai vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
1  
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
32  
21

How Many Consonants
28  
18
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
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
شكرا  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
من فضلك  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
آسف  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
وداعا  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
أحبك  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
6,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
4,500,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.85 %  
23

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
40.00 million  
15

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
arabe  
thaï  

German Name
Arabisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Tai  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Thai  

Language Position
25  
21
47  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
tha  

ISO 639 3
ara  
tha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Arabic and Thai Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Thai language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Thai Language History.

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

Arabic vs Thai Difficulty

The Arabic vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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