Countries
Laos
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2726
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
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)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
жал (žal)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Laos
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Debar
Where They Speak
Laos
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Laos
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
628
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
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
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
lao
macédonien
German Name
Laotisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Macedonians
Origin
1283 CE
2200 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Slavic
Branch
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Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Macedonian
Language Position
4345
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mac
ISO 639 3
lao
mkd
ISO 639 6
lao
mkd
Glottocode
laoo1244
mace1250
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic