Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Laos
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
- 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
Turkish
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Osmanly language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Salam
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
necəsən
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
yaxşı gecə
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
lütfən
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
üzr
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
xudafiz
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Bağışlayın
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Derbent
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Russia
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Gazakh
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Baku
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
26.00 million
  
39
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
  
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
azéri
  
lao
  
German Name
Aserbeidschanisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Azerbaijani
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Azerbaijani
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
az
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
aze
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
aze
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
aze
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
azer1255
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Isolating
  
Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Azerbaijani and Lao language. Azerbaijani word for "Hello" is Salam or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Azerbaijani Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Azerbaijani vs Lao Difficulty
The Azerbaijani vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Azerbaijani and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Azerbaijani is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.