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Estonian vs Lao


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Lao vs 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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Estonian and Lao Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Lao language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian and Lao Language History.

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Estonian 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 Estonian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Lao language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Estonian vs Lao Difficulty

The Estonian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.

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