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Abkhaz and Lao


Lao
Lao and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Abkhazia   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
  • The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  

Similar To
Adyghe language, Abaza language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Caucasian languages   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
62   
36
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2   
1
28   
20

How Many Consonants
60   
36
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks   
8
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
Not Available   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Not Available   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Not available   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Abkhazia   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Abzhywa   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Caucasus   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Sadz   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Turkey   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.13 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.13 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian   
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao   

French Name
abkhaze   
lao   

German Name
Abchasisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1650   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Abkhaz   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ab   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
abk   
lao   

ISO 639 3
abk   
lao   

ISO 639 6
abks   
Not Available   

Glottocode
abkh1244   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Isolating   

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All Abkhaz and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Abkhaz and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Lao Speaking population

Abkhaz and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Abkhaz and Lao on Abkhaz vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Lao Language Codes

Abkhaz and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Abkhaz and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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