Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
Laos
  
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 in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Abkhaz and Lao 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 Abkhaz and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Lao language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Lao Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz Alphabets and Lao 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 Abkhaz and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.