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Somali and Thai


Thai and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Somalia   
Thailand   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East   
Asia   

Minority Language
Yemen   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
32   
21

How Many Consonants
21   
11
44   
33

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   
Thai   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
Habeenka Good   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
Evening Good   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Fadlan   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
sorry   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
caraysiiyo   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Somali   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali   
Isan   

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

Dialect 2
Benaadir   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Standard Somali   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
8.00 million   
99+
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
af Soomaali   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
somali   
thaï   

German Name
Somali   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Somalis   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
19th century   
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
Somali   
Thai   

Language Position
83   
99+
47   
34

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
so   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
som   
tha   

ISO 639 3
som   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
soma1255   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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 Somali 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 Somali and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Somali and Thai Speaking population

Somali and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available 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 Somali and Thai on Somali vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Thai Language Codes

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

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