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Bulgarian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

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
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
28  
20

How Many Consonants
36  
26
27  
17

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
9,200,000.00  
38
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Lao  

Language Position
88  
99+
43  
40

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  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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