Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
jó Estét
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Jó Napot Kívánok
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
jó Reggelt
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Kérlek
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
bocsi
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
viszlát
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Szeretlek
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
elnézést
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.