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Thai and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Thailand  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Thailand  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Lao Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Khmer Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
32  
21

How Many Consonants
17  
7
44  
33

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Thai  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
โปรด (Pord)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Isan  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Isan  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
Griko  
Northern Thai  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Northern Thailand  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
38
6,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Southern Thai  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
8

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.85 %  
23

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
37

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
40.00 million  
15

Native Name
ελληνικά  
ภาษาไทย  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
thaï  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Thailändisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
Old Thai  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Thai  

Language Position
74  
99+
47  
34

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Thai Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
th  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
tha  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
tha  

ISO 639 3
ell  
tha  

ISO 639 6
ells  
Not Available  

Glottocode
gree1276  
thai1261  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
47-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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All Greek and Thai Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Thai dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Thai language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Thai Dialects are spoken in different Thai speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Thai Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Thai dialects include: Isan , Northern Thai. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Thai Speaking population

Greek and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Thai on Greek vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Thai Language Codes

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