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Polish and Lao


Lao
Lao and Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Poland   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
28   
20

How Many Consonants
23   
13
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
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
cześć   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
dziękuję   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Jak się masz?   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
dobranoc   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
dobry wieczór   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Dzień dobry   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
proszę   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Przepraszam   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
do widzenia   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
kocham Cię   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
przepraszam   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
108,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Masovian   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Poland   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Silesian   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
510,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
34   
27
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million   
31
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.61 %   
25
Not Available   

Native Speakers
40.00 million   
24
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Polski   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski   
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
polonais   
lao   

German Name
Polnisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Poles   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1270   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Tai   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Polish   
Lao   

Language Position
24   
20
Not Available   

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pl   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
pol   
lao   

ISO 639 3
pol   
lao   

ISO 639 6
pols   
Not Available   

Glottocode
poli1260   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Isolating   

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

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Polish and Lao Speaking population

Polish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % 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 Polish and Lao on Polish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Lao Language Codes

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

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