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Korean and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Thailand  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Lao Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Khmer Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32  
21
21  
18

How Many Consonants
44  
33
19  
9

Scripts
Thai  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
โปรด (Pord)  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Isan  
South Korea  

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

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
13
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Southern Thai  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi  
China, North Korea  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.85 %  
23
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
15
Not Available  

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
thaï  
coréen  

German Name
Thailändisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese  
Koreans  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
47  
34
12  
11

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
th  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
tha  
kor  

ISO 639 3
tha  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
thai1261  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Thai and Korean Speaking population

Thai and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Thai vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Korean Language Codes

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

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