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