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Countries

Countries

Laos
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Abkhazia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Europe

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.

Similar To

Thai Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Caucasian languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5362
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

282
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2760
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks27 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
амритана

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Амарахь

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
-

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Bzyb

Where They Speak

Laos
Abkhazia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Abzhywa

Where They Speak

Laos
Caucasus

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00106,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Sadz

Where They Speak

Laos
Turkey

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00106,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million0.13 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million0.13 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million-
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)

Alternative Names

Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Abxazo, Abkhazian

French Name

lao
abkhaze

German Name

Laotisch
Abchasisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[abxaz]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Abkhaz people

History

Origin

1283 CE
c. 1650

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Northwest Caucasian

Subgroup

Tai
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Abkhaz

Language Position

4328
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
ab

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
abk

ISO 639 2/B

lao
abk

ISO 639 3

lao
abk

ISO 639 6

lao
abks

Glottocode

laoo1244
abkh1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Agglutinative

Lao and Abkhaz Alphabets

Lao and Abkhaz Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Abkhaz. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Abkhaz Alphabets there are 62 letters. To learn Lao and Abkhaz languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Abkhaz languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Abkhaz greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Abkhaz are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Abkhaz Speaking population

Lao and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Lao and Abkhaz on Lao vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Abkhaz Language Codes

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