Countries
Estonia, European Union
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
-
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- 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
Finnish
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
928
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1827
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
aitäh
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Head ööd
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Palun
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Vabandust
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Head aega
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
ma armastan sind
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Vabandage
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.95 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
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
estonien
lao
German Name
Estnisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Estonians
Lao people
Origin
13th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Uralic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Tai
Branch
Finnic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Lao
Language Position
2243
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
et
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
lao
ISO 639 2/B
est
lao
ISO 639 3
est
lao
ISO 639 6
est
lao
Glottocode
esto1258
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating