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Lao and Georgian


Lao
Lao
Georgian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Cabinet of Georgia  

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.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
28  
18

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Arabic, Georgian script  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Kartli  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Pshavi  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
4.30 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
ქართული ენა  

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  

French Name
lao  
géorgien  

German Name
Laotisch  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Georgians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
5th Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Southern  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
Not Available  
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
geo  

ISO 639 3
lao  
kat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Lao and Georgian Speaking population

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Lao and Georgian Language Codes

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