Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Thailand
National Language
Russia
Thailand
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Isan
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Isan
Dialect 2
Olonets
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Olonets
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Russki
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Russisch
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Russians
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Eastern
Not Available
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
thai1261
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating
Russian 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 Russian and Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Thai language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Thai Difficulty
The Russian vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.