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Kazakh and Lao


Lao
Lao and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
28   
20

How Many Consonants
17   
7
27   
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic   
Thai and Lao Braille   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
bye   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
11.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
11.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq   
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
kazakh   
lao   

German Name
Kasachisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Kazahks   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Tai   

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Kazakh   
Lao   

Language Position
93   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
kk   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
kaz   
lao   

ISO 639 3
kaz   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kaza1248   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Isolating   

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

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Kazakh and Lao Speaking population

Kazakh and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Lao on Kazakh vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Lao Language Codes

Kazakh and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kazakh and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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