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Thai vs Zulu


Zulu 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   
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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
7   
4

How Many Consonants
44   
33
50   
35

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)   
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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.16 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Zulu language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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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.

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