Countries
Georgia
  
Laos
  
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Anatolian Languages
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kartlian
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Kartli
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Pshavian
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Pshavi
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
4.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
ქართული ენა
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
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
géorgien
  
lao
  
German Name
Georgisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Georgians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Kartvelian Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Southern
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Georgian
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ka
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kat
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
geo
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
kat
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1302
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Georgian 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 Georgian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Georgian and Lao language. Georgian word for "Hello" is გამარჯობა (gamarjoba) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Georgian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Georgian vs Lao Difficulty
The Georgian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Georgian 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 Georgian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Georgian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Georgian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.