Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
- 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
Macedonian language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
bulgare
  
thaï
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
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