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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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
Swahili 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 Swahili and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Thai language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Thai Difficulty
The Swahili vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.