Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Laos
  
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 in
Polish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
proszę
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.