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Kurdish and Thai


Thai and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Thailand   

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
32   
21

How Many Consonants
29   
19
44   
33

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
Sipas   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
Bibûre   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Isan   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
kurde   
thaï   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Thai   

Language Position
Not Available   
47   
34

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
tha   

ISO 639 3
kur   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Kurdish and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Thai Speaking population

Kurdish and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Thai on Kurdish vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Thai Language Codes

Kurdish and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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