Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Poland
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Polish-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)
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
dobry wieczór
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
dzień dobry
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Dzień dobry
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
proszę
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Przepraszam
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
do widzenia
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
kocham Cię
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
przepraszam
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.