Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Laos
  
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 in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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)
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Lao language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Lao Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.