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Lao vs 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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Turkish and Lao Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Lao language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Lao Language History.

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

Turkish vs Lao Difficulty

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

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