Countries
Laos
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Thai Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Not Available
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Not Available
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Not available
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Not available
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Laos
Abkhazia
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Laos
Caucasus
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Sadz
Where They Speak
Laos
Turkey
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
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
Abxazo, Abkhazian
German Name
Laotisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
laoo1244
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
Lao and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Abkhaz language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Lao vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.