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Thai vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Thai


Countries

Countries
Thailand   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Ukrainian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
32   
21
6   
3

How Many Consonants
44   
33
22   
12

Scripts
Thai   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.85 %   
23
0.46 %   
30

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   

History

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   

Language Position
47   
34
26   
22

Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Thai and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Thai vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Thai and Ukrainian language. History of Thai language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Thai and Ukrainian Language History.

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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.

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