Countries
Laos
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bulgaria
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
lao
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available