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Thai vs Hausa


Hausa vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
12   
9

How Many Consonants
44   
33
32   
22

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
sannu   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
gode ku   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
yaya dai   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
mai kyau safe   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Don Allah   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
yi hakuri   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
sai anjima   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Ghana   

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Niger   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Daragaram   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
thaï   
haoussa   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
14   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Hausa   

Language Position
47   
34
34   
27

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
hau   

ISO 639 3
tha   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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Thai and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Hausa language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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Thai and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Hausa language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Hausa Difficulty

The Thai vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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