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Thai vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Thailand   
China   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
9   
6

How Many Consonants
44   
33
27   
17

Scripts
Thai   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
birdam   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
kachurung   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Isan   
China   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   
China   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
8.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
thaï   
ouïgour   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
11   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Uyghur   

Language Position
47   
34
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
uig   

ISO 639 3
tha   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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Thai and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Uyghur language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Thai vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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