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Lao vs 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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Abkhaz and Lao Language History

Comparison of Abkhaz vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Abkhaz and Lao language. History of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650 whereas history of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. 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 Abkhaz and Lao Language History.

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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.

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