National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Thai Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
rakhmat
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Not Available
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
birdam
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
kachurung
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Khayr khosh
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Turpan
Where They Speak
Laos
China
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hotan
Where They Speak
Laos
China
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Laos
China
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
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
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
German Name
Laotisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Uyghur
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Lao
Uyghur
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available
Lao and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Uyghur language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Lao vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.