Countries
European Union, Lithuania
  
Laos
  
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 in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Labas rytas
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Prašom
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
atsiprašau
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Ate
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Samogitian
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Curonian
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Lithuania
  
Laos
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Lithuanian and Lao 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 Lithuanian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Lao language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lithuanian vs Lao Difficulty
The Lithuanian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Lao 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 Lithuanian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.