Countries
Thailand
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
thaï
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Thai and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Slovak language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Slovak Difficulty
The Thai vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.