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