Countries
Thailand
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
bok
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
kako si
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
molim
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
thaï
  
croate
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Croats
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Thai and Croatian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Thai and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Croatian language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Croatian Difficulty
The Thai vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Croatian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Thai and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.