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Bulgarian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
28   
20

How Many Consonants
36   
26
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.80 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
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
bulgare   
lao   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Tai   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Lao   

Language Position
88   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
lao   

ISO 639 3
bul   
lao   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Isolating   

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All Bulgarian and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bulgarian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bulgarian and Lao Speaking population

Bulgarian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bulgarian and Lao on Bulgarian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Lao Language Codes

Bulgarian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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