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Lao vs Polish


Lao
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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