Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Laos
  
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
- 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
Finnish
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Tere
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
aitäh
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Head ööd
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Palun
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Vabandust
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Head aega
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
ma armastan sind
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Vabandage
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Tartu
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.95 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
eesti keel
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
  
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
estonien
  
lao
  
German Name
Estnisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Estonians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Tai
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Estonian
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
et
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
est
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
est
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
est
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
esto1258
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Isolating
  
Estonian and Lao Speaking population
Estonian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian and Lao on Estonian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Lao Language Codes
Estonian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.