Countries
Armenian Highland
Laos
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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
Greek
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Laos
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Laos
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Armenisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Armenians
Not Available
Origin
late 5th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Lao
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arme1241
laoo1244
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating
Armenian 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 Armenian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Lao language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Lao Difficulty
The Armenian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.
