Countries
Thailand
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
e kaaro
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
binu
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
thaï
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Thai and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Yoruba language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Thai vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.