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Georgian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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  
-  

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
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
28  
18
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
80,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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
120  
99+
43  
40

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
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Isolating  

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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.

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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.

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