Countries
Thailand
  
Nigeria
  
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 in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
50.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.