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Thai vs Persian


Persian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Thailand   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
6   
3

How Many Consonants
44   
33
23   
13

Scripts
Thai   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
سلام   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
صبح به خیر   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
لطفا   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
متاسف   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
thaï   
persan   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Persian   

Language Position
47   
34
23   
19

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
per   

ISO 639 3
tha   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Thai and Persian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Persian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Thai vs Persian Difficulty

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

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