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Turkish and Lao


Lao
Lao and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
28   
20

How Many Consonants
21   
11
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

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

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

Please
lütfen   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
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
turc   
lao   

German Name
Türkisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Tai   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Lao   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
lao   

ISO 639 3
tur   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Isolating   

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

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Turkish and Lao Speaking population

Turkish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Lao on Turkish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Lao Language Codes

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

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