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Albanian vs Lao


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Lao vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
28  
20

How Many Consonants
29  
19
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

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

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

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

Please
Ju lutem  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
Me fal  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
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
albanais  
lao  

German Name
Albanisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Lao people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Lao  

Language Position
14  
13
43  
40

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Lao Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
lao  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
lao  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
lao  

Glottocode
alba1267  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Isolating  

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Albanian and Lao Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Lao language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Lao Language History.

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

Albanian vs Lao Difficulty

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

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