Countries
Thailand
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
günaydın
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
thaï
  
turc
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Turkish
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Thai and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Turkish language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Turkish Difficulty
The Thai vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.