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Countries

Countries

Laos
Bulgaria, European Union

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bulgaria

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine

Regulated By

-
Institute for the Bulgarian language

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.
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.

Similar To

Thai Language
Macedonian language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5330
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

286
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2736
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Как си? (Kak si?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Моля (Molja)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Довиждане (Doviždane)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Обичам те (Običam te)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo

Where They Speak

Laos
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Panagyurishte

Where They Speak

Laos
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.009,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Pirdop

Where They Speak

Laos
Bulgaria

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.009,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

658
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million7.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.21 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million7.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million9.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
български (bãlgarski)

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
Balgarski

French Name

lao
bulgare

German Name

Laotisch
Bulgarisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Bulgarian people

History

Origin

1283 CE
9th Century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Slavic

Branch

-
Southern

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian

Standard Forms

Lao
Standard Bulgarian

Language Position

4388
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
bg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
bul

ISO 639 2/B

lao
bul

ISO 639 3

lao
bul

ISO 639 6

lao
buls

Glottocode

laoo1244
bulg1262

Linguasphere

No data available
53-AAA-hb

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Bulgarian Alphabets

Lao and Bulgarian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Bulgarian. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Bulgarian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Lao and Bulgarian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Bulgarian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Bulgarian Speaking population

Lao and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Lao vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Bulgarian Language Codes

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