Countries
Thailand
  
Ukraine
  
National Language
Thailand
  
Ukraine
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
  
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.
  
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
Similar To
Lao Language
  
Russian and Belarusian Languages
  
Derived From
Khmer Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai
  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
  
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
  
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
  
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
  
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
  
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
  
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
  
Please
โปรด (Pord)
  
будь ласк
  
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
вибачте (vybachte)
  
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
до побачення (do pobachennya)
  
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
  
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
  
Dialect 1
Isan
  
Podillian
  
Where They Speak
Isan
  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
  
Volynian
  
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
  
Rivne, Volyn
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
  
Steppe
  
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
20.00 million
  
37
39.00 million
  
25
Second Language Speakers
40.00 million
  
15
Not Available
  
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
  
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
Not Available
  
French Name
thaï
  
ukrainien
  
German Name
Thailändisch
  
Ukrainisch
  
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
  
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Ukrainians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1561
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Eastern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Thai
  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
  
Standard Forms
Thai
  
Modern Ukrainian
  
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
  
Ukrainian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
th
  
uk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tha
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 2/B
tha
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 3
tha
  
ukr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
thai1261
  
ukra1253
  
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Thai and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Ukrainian language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Ukrainian word for "Thank You" is Дякую (Dyakuyu). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Ukrainian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Ukrainian Difficulty
The Thai vs Ukrainian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Ukrainian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Ukrainian time required is 44 weeks.