Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Laos
  
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 in
Turkish-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
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
lütfen
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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