Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
اُردُو
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
ourdou
  
thaï
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tai
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Urdu and Thai 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 Urdu and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Thai language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Thai Difficulty
The Urdu vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu Alphabets and Thai 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 Urdu and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.