Countries
Thailand
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Habari
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
pole
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
thaï
  
swahili
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Swahili language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Swahili Difficulty
The Thai vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.