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Thai vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
12   
9

How Many Consonants
44   
33
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Ulukwumi   

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
8
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
49   
36

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Yoruba language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC. 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 Yoruba Language History.

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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.

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