Countries
Laos
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Turkey
  
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
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Turkish Language Association
  
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.
  
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
günaydın
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
75.00 million
  
23
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Türkçe
  
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
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
lao
  
turc
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Turkish
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
44-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Synthetic