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Thai vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
44   
24
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
5   
2

How Many Consonants
44   
33
17   
7

Scripts
Thai   
Arabic, Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
11.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.17 %   
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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
93   
99+

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Kazakh language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Kazakh Language History.

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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.

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