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Estonian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
28   
20

How Many Consonants
18   
8
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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