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Countries

Countries

Bulgaria, European Union
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Bulgaria
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institute for the Bulgarian language
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Interesting Facts

  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  • 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

Macedonian language
Thai Language

Derived From

-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3053
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

628
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3627
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Как си? (Kak si?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Добър ден (Dobãr den)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Добро утро (Dobro utro)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Моля (Molja)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Довиждане (Doviždane)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Обичам те (Običam te)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Bulgaria
Laos

How Many People Speak

9,200,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Panagyurishte
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Bulgaria
Laos

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Pirdop
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Bulgaria
Laos

How Many People Speak

9,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

586
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.80 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.21 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

7.80 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

9.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

български (bãlgarski)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Balgarski
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

bulgare
lao

German Name

Bulgarisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Bulgarian people
Lao people

History

Origin

9th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Tai

Branch

Southern
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Bulgarian
Lao

Language Position

8843
1 120
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Signed Forms

Bulgarian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

bg
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

bul
lao

ISO 639 2/B

bul
lao

ISO 639 3

bul
lao

ISO 639 6

buls
lao

Glottocode

bulg1262
laoo1244

Linguasphere

53-AAA-hb
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Bulgarian and Lao Alphabets

Bulgarian and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bulgarian and Lao. In Bulgarian Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Bulgarian and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bulgarian and Lao languages. The Bulgarian phonology consist Bulgarian vowels and Bulgarian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bulgarian greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bulgarian and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Bulgarian and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bulgarian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Bulgarian and Lao Speaking population

Bulgarian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bulgarian and Lao on Bulgarian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Lao Language Codes

Bulgarian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.