Countries
Nigeria
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Don Allah
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
haoussa
  
thaï
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
14
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Hausa 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 Hausa and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Thai language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Thai Difficulty
The Hausa vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.