Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
Thailand
  
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 in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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