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Georgian vs Lao


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Lao vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
28   
20

How Many Consonants
28   
18
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Thai and Lao Braille   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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)   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
120   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Georgian and Lao Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Lao language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Lao Language History.

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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.

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