Countries
Estonia, European Union
Laos
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
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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
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Tartu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Laos
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Laos
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
German Name
Estnisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Estonians
Lao people
Origin
13th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Uralic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Lao
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
esto1258
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating
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.
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.