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Thai and Urdu


Urdu and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Thailand   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
India   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, 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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
44   
33
40   
29

Scripts
Thai   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
الوداع   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Isan   
India   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
India   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Bihari   

French Name
thaï   
ourdou   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
47   
34
20   
18

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
urd   

ISO 639 3
tha   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Thai and Urdu Speaking population

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

Thai and Urdu Language Codes

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

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