Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Abkhazia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Thai Language
Derived From
Caucasian languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
6253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
228
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6027
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
амритана
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Амарахь
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
-
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Laos
How Many People Speak
106,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Laos
How Many People Speak
106,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Sadz
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
106,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.13 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.13 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
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
abkhaze
lao
German Name
Abchasisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[abxaz]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Lao people
Origin
c. 1650
1283 CE
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Lao
Language Position
2843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ab
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
abk
lao
ISO 639 2/B
abk
lao
ISO 639 3
abk
lao
ISO 639 6
abks
lao
Glottocode
abkh1244
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating