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Lithuanian and Lao


Lao
Lao
Lao and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Lithuania  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
28  
20

How Many Consonants
20  
10
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Ačiū  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
Labanakt  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
Prašom  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Ate  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Laos  

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Laos  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao  

French Name
lituanien  
lao  

German Name
Litauisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tai  

Branch
Baltic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Lao  

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
lao  

ISO 639 3
lit  
lao  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
lith1251  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Isolating  

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All Lithuanian and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lithuanian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Lithuanian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lithuanian are spoken in different Lithuanian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lithuanian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian, Aukštaitian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lithuanian and Lao Speaking population

Lithuanian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lithuanian and Lao on Lithuanian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Lao Language Codes

Lithuanian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lithuanian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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