Countries
Thailand
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Thailand
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Lao Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Khmer Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Isan
South Korea
Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
South Korea
Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ภาษาไทย
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
German Name
Thailändisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Koreans
Origin
1283 CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Thai
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Thai
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
thai1261
kore1280
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
Thai and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Thai and Korean language. Thai word for "Hello" is สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Thai Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Thai vs Korean Difficulty
The Thai vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Thai Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Thai and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Thai is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.