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
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
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
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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.
