Countries
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Molo
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Unjani
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Molo
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Ndicela
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Thembu
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Hlubi
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
South Africa
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.20 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
isiXhosa
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
xhosa
  
thaï
  
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tai
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
xh
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
xho
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
xho
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
xho
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
xhos1239
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Xhosa and Thai Speaking population
Xhosa and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Xhosa and Thai on Xhosa vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Xhosa and Thai Language Codes
Xhosa and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.