Countries
Laos
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
ქართული ენა
  
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
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
lao
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Lao and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Georgian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Georgian Difficulty
The Lao vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.