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Lao vs Polish


Lao
Polish vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

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.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
23   
13

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
cześć   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Dzień dobry   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
proszę   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
do widzenia   

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

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Kashubian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Poland   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Polski   

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   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
lao   
polonais   

German Name
Laotisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Poles   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1270   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
pol   

ISO 639 3
lao   
pol   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
pols   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Lao and Polish Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Polish language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Lao vs Polish Difficulty

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

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