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Lithuanian vs Lao


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Lao vs 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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Lithuanian and Lao Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Lao language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE. 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 Lithuanian and Lao Language History.

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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.

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