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Hungarian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
  • 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
28  
20

How Many Consonants
25  
15
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
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
szia  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
köszönöm  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
Kérlek  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
bocsi  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
viszlát  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Austria  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Székely  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Magyar  
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
hongrois  
lao  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Lao people  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Tai  

Branch
Ugric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Lao  

Language Position
66  
99+
43  
40

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Lao Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
lao  

ISO 639 3
hun  
lao  

ISO 639 6
hun  
lao  

Glottocode
hung1274  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
ohu  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Isolating  

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

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Hungarian and Lao Speaking population

Hungarian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hungarian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Hungarian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 % 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 Hungarian and Lao on Hungarian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hungarian and Lao Language Codes

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

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