Countries
Thailand
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
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 in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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.