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Russian vs 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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Thai and Russian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Russian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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Thai and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Russian language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Thai vs Russian Difficulty

The Thai vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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