Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Thailand
  
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 in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
60.00 million
  
27
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.