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Macedonian vs Lao


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Lao vs 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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Macedonian and Lao Language History

Comparison of Macedonian vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Macedonian and Lao language. History of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC 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 Macedonian and Lao Language History.

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Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Lao language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Macedonian vs Lao Difficulty

The Macedonian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.

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