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Georgian

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Countries

Countries

Georgia
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Cabinet of Georgia
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Interesting Facts

  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  • 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

Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

Anatolian Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3353
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2827
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Georgian script
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

ბოდიში (bodishi)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Judaeo-Georgian
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Laos

How Many People Speak

80,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kartlian
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Kartli
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Pshavian
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Pshavi
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

206
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.30 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.64 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.30 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ქართული ენა
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
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

géorgien
lao

German Name

Georgisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Georgians
Lao people

History

Origin

5th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Kartvelian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Southern
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Georgian
Lao

Language Position

12043
1 120
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Signed Forms

Georgian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ka
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kat
lao

ISO 639 2/B

geo
lao

ISO 639 3

kat
lao

ISO 639 6

kat
lao

Glottocode

nucl1302
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating

Georgian and Lao Alphabets

Georgian and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Georgian and Lao. In Georgian Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Georgian and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Georgian and Lao languages. The Georgian phonology consist Georgian vowels and Georgian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Georgian greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Georgian and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Georgian and Lao Speaking population

Georgian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % 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 Georgian and Lao on Georgian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Lao Language Codes

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