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Polish and Lao


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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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