1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Cabinet of Georgia
1.8 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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Anatolian Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Georgian script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ბოდიში (bodishi)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Judaeo-Georgian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA80,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million4.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million4.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ქართული ენა
5.3.3 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
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Kartvelian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic