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Thai and Persian


Persian and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Thailand  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
6  
3

How Many Consonants
44  
33
23  
13

Scripts
Thai  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
سلام  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
لطفا  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
متاسف  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Isan  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
Not Available  

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
thaï  
persan  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Persian  

Language Position
47  
34
23  
19

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
per  

ISO 639 3
tha  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Synthetic  

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All Thai and Persian 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 Thai and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Thai and Persian Speaking population

Thai and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Thai and Persian on Thai vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Persian Language Codes

Thai and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Thai and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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