Countries
Thailand
  
Afganistan
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Pakistan
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Persian and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Pashto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
(salaam) سلام
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
(lotfan) لطفا
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Central Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
6,500,000.00
  
14
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Northern Pashto
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
21,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Wanetsi
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Afganistan, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
(paṧto) پښتو
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
  
French Name
thaï
  
pachto
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Paschtu
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Pashtun
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1651
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ps
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
pus
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
pus
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
pus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
pash1269
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
58-ABD-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional