Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
Laos
  
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
- 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Salom
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Rakhmat
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Hayirli tun
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Iltimos
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Kechiring!
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Xayr
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Tashkent
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Afghan
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Ferghana
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
26.00 million
  
31
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
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
ouszbek
  
lao
  
German Name
Usbekisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Uzbek
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Chagatay
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Uzbek
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uz
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
uzb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uzbe1247
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Uzbek and Lao language. Uzbek word for "Hello" is Salom or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Uzbek Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Uzbek vs Lao Difficulty
The Uzbek vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Uzbek and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Uzbek is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.