Countries
Countries
Laos
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
2
13
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Not Available
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Finnish
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
53
32
27
9
Phonology
How Many Vowels
28
20
9
6
How Many Consonants
27
17
18
8
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
2
1
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Tere
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
aitäh
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Head ööd
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Tere päevast
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Tere hommikust
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Palun
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Vabandust
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Head aega
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Vabandage
Dialects
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Laos
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Tartu
Where They Speak
Laos
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Laos
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Total No. Of Dialects
6
6
8
8
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
40
1.10 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
25.00 million
32
0.95 million
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
eesti keel
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
Eesti keel
French Name
lao
estonien
German Name
Laotisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Estonians
History
Origin
1283 CE
13th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Estonian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
lo
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
est
ISO 639 2/B
lao
est
ISO 639 3
lao
est
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
