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Lao vs 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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Polish and Lao Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Lao language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Lao Language History.

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

Polish vs Lao Difficulty

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

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