Countries
Laos
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Thai Language
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2728
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Laos
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Laos
Kartli
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Laos
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million4.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ქართული ენა
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
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
lao
géorgien
German Name
Laotisch
Georgisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Georgians
Origin
1283 CE
5th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Southern
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Georgian
Language Position
43120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
lo
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
kat
ISO 639 2/B
lao
geo
ISO 639 3
lao
kat
ISO 639 6
lao
kat
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic