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
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Griko
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Italy
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
thai1261
gree1276
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Thai and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Greek language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Greek Difficulty
The Thai vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.