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Azerbaijani vs Lao


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Lao vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
28  
20

How Many Consonants
23  
13
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
lütfən  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
üzr  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
xudafiz  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
37
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  

History

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
38  
30
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Azerbaijani and Lao Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Lao language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Azerbaijani and Lao Language History.

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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.

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