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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Isan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Sudan
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Levantine
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Arabisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
thai1261
Linguasphere
12-AAC
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
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.