Countries
Laos
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Tere
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Palun
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
eesti keel
  
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
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
lao
  
estonien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Estonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
esto1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Lao and Estonian Speaking population
Lao and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Lao and Estonian on Lao vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Estonian Language Codes
Lao and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.