Countries
Thailand
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
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
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
13.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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