Countries
Armenian Highland
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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
Greek
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3853
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3227
9
60
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
126
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
6.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
7.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
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
arménien
lao
German Name
Armenisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Armenians
Lao people
Origin
late 5th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Lao
Language Position
1443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hy
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hye
lao
ISO 639 2/B
arm
lao
ISO 639 3
hye
lao
ISO 639 6
hye
lao
Glottocode
arme1241
laoo1244
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating