Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Thailand
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Asante
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
tafadhali
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
pole
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
I Love You
nakupenda
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Isan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Swahili
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
6th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Swahili
Thai
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
thai1261
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Thai Speaking population
Swahili and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Thai on Swahili vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Thai Language Codes
Swahili and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.