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 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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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)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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?
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
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
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
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating