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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  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
29
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Northern Thai  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Northern Thailand  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

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  
39
42,000,000.00  
14

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 %  
24
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
20.00 million  
37
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
ภาษาไทย  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

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
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Thai  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Thai  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
47  
99+
26  
24

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
tha  
ukr  

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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