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Thai vs Amharic


Amharic vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
7   
4

How Many Consonants
44   
33
31   
21

Scripts
Thai   
Ethiopic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
18.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
55   
40

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Amharic language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Amharic Language History.

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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.

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