Countries
Thailand
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
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!
Dialect 1
Isan
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Isan
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
فارسی
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Thailändisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Persian people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Thai
Persian
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
fars1254
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Synthetic
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.