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Zulu vs Thai


Thai vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Thailand   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
32   
21

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
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)   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.85 %   
23

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   

History

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   

Language Position
87   
99+
47   
34

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Thai Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Zulu and Thai Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Thai language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Thai language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Thai Language History.

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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.

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