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Macedonian and Lao


Lao
Lao
Lao and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
26  
16
27  
17

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  
Thai and Lao Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
жал (žal)  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Чао (Čao)  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1.50  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Debar  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Laos  

Dialect 3
Galičnik  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Macedonia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  
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
macédonien  
lao  

German Name
Makedonisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Macedonians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
2200 BC  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Tai  

Branch
Southern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Macedonian  
Lao  

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mk  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
mac  
lao  

ISO 639 3
mkd  
lao  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mace1250  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
Isolating  

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All Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Lao Speaking population

Macedonian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Lao on Macedonian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Lao Language Codes

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

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