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Xhosa vs Thai


Thai vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
32   
21

How Many Consonants
43   
32
44   
33

Scripts
Latin   
Thai   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
20.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.85 %   
23

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   

History

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   
47   
34

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Xhosa and Thai Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Thai language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th Century whereas history of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. 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 Xhosa and Thai Language History.

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Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Xhosa and Thai language. Xhosa word for "Hello" is Molo or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Xhosa Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Xhosa vs Thai Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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