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 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.