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Thai vs Oromo


Oromo vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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   
Somalia   

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.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
44   
33
24   
14

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
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
akkam   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
Maaloo   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Orma   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Wata   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
thaï   
galla   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Oromos   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
16   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
47   
34
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
orm   

ISO 639 3
tha   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
nucl1736   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Thai and Oromo Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Oromo language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Oromo language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Oromo language states that this language originated in 16. 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 Oromo Language History.

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

Thai vs Oromo Difficulty

The Thai vs Oromo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Oromo 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 Oromo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Oromo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Oromo time required is Not Available.

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