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Thai vs Urdu


Urdu vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Thailand  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
India  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
10  
7

How Many Consonants
44  
33
40  
29

Scripts
Thai  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
الوداع  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Isan  
India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
10
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
India  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Bihari  

French Name
thaï  
ourdou  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
47  
34
20  
18

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
urd  

ISO 639 3
tha  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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Thai and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Urdu language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Thai vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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