Countries
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
- 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
Xhosa Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
bye
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
isiZulu
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
zoulou
  
thaï
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
19
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tai
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
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
  
Zulu 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 Zulu and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Zulu and Thai language. Zulu word for "Hello" is Sawubona or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Zulu Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Zulu vs Thai Difficulty
The Zulu vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Zulu 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 Zulu and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Zulu and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Zulu is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.