Countries
Laos
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Salom
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Rakhmat
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Qalay siz?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Hayirli tun
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Hayirli kech
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Hayirli kun
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Hayirli tong
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Iltimos
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Kechiring!
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Xayr
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Sizni sevaman
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Tashkent
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Afghan
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Ferghana
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
26.00 million
  
31
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
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
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
lao
  
ouszbek
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Usbekisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Uzbek
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th–12th centuries AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Chagatay
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Uzbek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
uz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
uzbe1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Uzbek language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Lao vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.