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
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
bye
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Not Available
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
swahili
  
thaï
  
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
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tai
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
sw
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.