Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Thailand
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
South Korea
Isan
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
South Korea
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Koreanisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
Before 1st century
1283 CE
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Thai
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
thai1261
Linguasphere
45-AAA
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Korean 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 Korean and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Thai language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Thai Difficulty
The Korean vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.