Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Thailand
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Thailand
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
- 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
سلام
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
متشکرم
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
شب بخیر
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Sorry
متاسف
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
خدا حافظ
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Western Persian
Isan
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
Isan
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Afganistan
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
فارسی
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Persisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Persian people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tai
Branch
Iranian
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Persian
Thai
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
fars1254
thai1261
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Persian 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 Persian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Thai language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Thai Difficulty
The Persian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.