Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Laos
  
National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
- 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
- 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hungarian-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
szia
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
köszönöm
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Hogy vagy?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Jó Éjszakát
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
jó Estét
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
jó Reggelt
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Kérlek
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
bocsi
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
viszlát
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Szeretlek
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
elnézést
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Csángó
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Oberwart
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Austria
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Székely
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Székely Land
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
0.07 million
  
38
Not Available
  
Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Magyar
  
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
hongrois
  
lao
  
German Name
Ungarisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Hungarians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1192 AD
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Tai
  
Branch
Ugric
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hu
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hun
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
hun
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
hun
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hung1274
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
ohu
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Hungarian 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 Hungarian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Lao language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Lao Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian 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 Hungarian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.