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 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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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)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
586
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.21 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.80 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating