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Lao vs Hungarian


Lao
Hungarian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

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.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
14   
11

How Many Consonants
27   
17
25   
15

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

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)   
szia   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
jó Reggelt   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Kérlek   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
bocsi   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
viszlát   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Bacău County, Rumania   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Austria   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Székely   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Székely Land   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
11   
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

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   
Magyar   

French Name
lao   
hongrois   

German Name
Laotisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
hun   

ISO 639 3
lao   
hun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Lao and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Hungarian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. 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 Hungarian Language History.

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Lao and Hungarian 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 Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Hungarian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Lao vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Hungarian 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 Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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