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Igbo vs Thai


Thai vs Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Thailand  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
32  
21

How Many Consonants
28  
18
44  
33

Scripts
Latin  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
dalụ  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
Biko  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
Ndo  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
Not Available  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Isan  

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

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
22
6,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Not present  
Southern Thai  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.85 %  
23

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
40.00 million  
15

Native Name
igbo  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
igbo  
thaï  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Thai  

Language Position
57  
99+
47  
34

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
tha  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
tha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
No data available  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Igbo and Thai Language History

Comparison of Igbo vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Thai language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC 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 Igbo and Thai Language History.

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

Igbo vs Thai Difficulty

The Igbo vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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