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Estonian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
28  
20

How Many Consonants
18  
8
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
22  
20
43  
40

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Lao Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Lao Speaking population

Estonian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Lao on Estonian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Lao Language Codes

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

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