Countries
Thailand
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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.
  
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
bye
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
thaï
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Thai and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Kazakh language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Thai vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.