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Russian and Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Thailand   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Khmer Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
10   
7

How Many Consonants
44   
33
21   
11

Scripts
Thai   
Cyrillic   

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)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
โปรด (Pord)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Isan   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Isan   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Thai   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Thai   
Novgorod   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
20.00 million   
37
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million   
15
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
ภาษาไทย   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang   
Russki   

French Name
thaï   
russe   

German Name
Thailändisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese   
Russians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Thai   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
47   
34
7   
7

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
th   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tha   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
tha   
rus   

ISO 639 3
tha   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
thai1261   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
47-AAA-b   
53-AAA-ea   

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

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Thai and Russian Speaking population

Thai and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Thai vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Russian Language Codes

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

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