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Lao and Polish


Lao
Lao
Polish and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
cześć  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Dzień dobry  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
proszę  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
do widzenia  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Kashubian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Poland  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
510,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.61 %  
25

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
40.00 million  
24

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
Polski  

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  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
lao  
polonais  

German Name
Laotisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Poles  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1270  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Polish  

Language Position
Not Available  
24  
20

Signed Forms
Not Available  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
pol  

ISO 639 3
lao  
pol  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
pols  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Lao and Polish Speaking population

Lao and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Lao vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Polish Language Codes

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

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