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Kazakh and Lao


Lao
Lao and Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
24  
6
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
17  
7
27  
17

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Thai and Lao Braille  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
bye  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
31
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
28
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
18,000,000.00  
25
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
18.00 million  
32
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
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
kazakh  
lao  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Lao people  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Tai  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Lao  

Language Position
93  
99+
43  
40

Signed Forms
Kazakh Sign Language  
Lao Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
lao  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
lao  

ISO 639 6
kaz  
lao  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Isolating  

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

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Kazakh and Lao Speaking population

Kazakh and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kazakh and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Kazakh and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 % 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 Kazakh and Lao on Kazakh vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kazakh and Lao Language Codes

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

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