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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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