Countries
Thailand
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Thailand
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
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.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
unjani
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
thaï
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
19
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Deep Zulu
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
99-AUT-fg
  
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 Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Zulu language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Zulu Difficulty
The Thai vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.