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Thai and Zulu


Zulu and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Pan South African Language Board   

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.
  
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
7   
4

How Many Consonants
44   
33
50   
35

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Sawubona   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Ngiyabonga   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
unjani   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
okuhle ebusuku   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
okuhle kusihlwa   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
okuhle ntambama   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
okuhle ekuseni   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Ngiyacela   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Ngiyaxolisa   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
bye   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Ngiyakuthanda wena   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Uxolo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Qwabe   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Gabon, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Georgia, South Africa   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Zimbabwe   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
thaï   
zoulou   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
19   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
47   
34
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
zul   

ISO 639 3
tha   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Thai and Zulu Speaking population

Thai and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Thai vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Zulu Language Codes

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

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