Countries
Thailand
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
kurde
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Kurdish language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Thai vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.