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Lao vs Abkhaz


Lao
Lao
Abkhaz vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
2  
1

How Many Consonants
27  
17
60  
36

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Not available  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Not available  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.13 million  
99+

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  

French Name
lao  
abkhaze  

German Name
Laotisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
abk  

ISO 639 3
lao  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Lao and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Abkhaz language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Abkhaz Language History.

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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.

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