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