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Lao and Hungarian


Lao
Hungarian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

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.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
14  
11

How Many Consonants
27  
17
25  
15

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
szia  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
jó Reggelt  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Kérlek  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
bocsi  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
viszlát  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Székely  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
11  
11

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

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  
Magyar  

French Name
lao  
hongrois  

German Name
Laotisch  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
43  
40
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
hun  

ISO 639 3
lao  
hun  

ISO 639 6
lao  
hun  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Lao and Hungarian Speaking population

Lao and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. 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 Hungarian on Lao vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Hungarian Language Codes

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

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