Countries
Thailand
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
104.00 million
  
15
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.