Countries
Laos
Armenian Highland
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Thai Language
Greek
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Laos
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Laos
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not Applicable
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Applicable
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
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
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
German Name
Laotisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Armenians
Origin
1283 CE
late 5th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Lao
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Lao and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Armenian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Armenian Difficulty
The Lao vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.
