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Oromo vs Thai


Thai vs Oromo


Countries

Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Ethiopia   
Thailand   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Somalia   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
  • 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
Somali Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
34   
16
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
32   
21

How Many Consonants
24   
14
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
akkam   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
Galatoomi   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
Nagayattii buli   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
Akkam waarite   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Maaloo   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
naa dhiisi   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
Nagayattii!   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Sin jaaladha   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Borana   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
19
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Orma   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
66,000.00   
37
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Wata   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Kenya   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
13,000.00   
33
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
17   
16
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.36 %   
36
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Afaan Oromo   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
galla   
thaï   

German Name
Galla-Sprache   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Oromos   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
16   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Cushitic   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo   
Thai   

Language Position
91   
99+
47   
34

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
om   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
orm   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
orm   
tha   

ISO 639 3
orm   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1736   
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
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Oromo and Thai Language History

Comparison of Oromo vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Oromo and Thai language. History of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16 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 Oromo and Thai Language History.

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

Oromo vs Thai Difficulty

The Oromo vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo 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 Oromo and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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