Countries
Thailand
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
sorry
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
8.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
thaï
  
somali
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Somalis
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Somali
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available