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Lao vs Georgian


Lao
Georgian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
28   
18

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Arabic, Georgian script   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Judaeo-Georgian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Kartli   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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Lao and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Georgian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th Century. 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 Georgian Language History.

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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.

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