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Lao and Lithuanian


Lao
Lao
Lithuanian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Lithuania  

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  
Poland  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
12  
9

How Many Consonants
27  
17
20  
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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)  
Sveiki  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Labas rytas  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Prašom  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Ate  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Lithuania  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Lithuania  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
lietuvių kalba  

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  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
lao  
lituanien  

German Name
Laotisch  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Lithuanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
lit  

ISO 639 3
lao  
lit  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Synthetic  

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

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Lao and Lithuanian Speaking population

Lao and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian on Lao vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Lithuanian Language Codes

Lao and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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