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Yoruba vs Thai


Thai vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Lao Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Khmer Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
32   
21

How Many Consonants
17   
7
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Thank You
e dupe   
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   

Please
Jowo   
โปรด (Pord)   

Sorry
binu   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Bye
bye   
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Isan   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Isan   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Ede   
Northern Thai   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Northern Thailand   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
6,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Southern Thai   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
4,500,000.00   
8

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.85 %   
23

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
20.00 million   
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
40.00 million   
15

Native Name
Yorùbá   
ภาษาไทย   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   

French Name
yoruba   
thaï   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Thailändisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   

History

Origin
4 BC   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Tai   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Thai   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Thai   

Language Position
49   
36
47   
34

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
th   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
tha   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
tha   

ISO 639 3
yor   
tha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
thai1261   

Linguasphere
No data available   
47-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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Yoruba and Thai Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Thai language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Thai Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Thai Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.

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