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Abkhaz vs Lao


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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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