Countries
Thailand
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Thailand
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Molo
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
thaï
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
16th 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
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Thai and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Xhosa language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Thai vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.