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
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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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
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?
25.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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
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