Countries
Thailand
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
thaï
  
amharique
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Thai and Amharic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Amharic language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Amharic Difficulty
The Thai vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Amharic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.