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Thai and Greek


Greek and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

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

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

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

Similar To
Lao Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
7   
4

How Many Consonants
44   
33
17   
7

Scripts
Thai   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

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

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

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

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

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
αντίο (antío)   

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Greece   

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Italy   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Mariupol   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
Not Available   

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
ελληνικά   

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

French Name
thaï   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Thai   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
47   
34
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
gre   

ISO 639 3
tha   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
thai1261   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Thai and Greek 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 Thai and Greek dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Thai and Greek Speaking population

Thai and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Thai and Greek on Thai vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Greek Language Codes

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

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