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Lao and Estonian


Lao
Estonian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
18   
8

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Palun   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Vabandust   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Head aega   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

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.   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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