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Thai vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
44   
33
43   
32

Scripts
Thai   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
9   
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
47   
34
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Xhosa language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Xhosa Language History.

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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.

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