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Lao and Lithuanian


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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