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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

Greek and Thai language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Thai Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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