Countries
Laos
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Abkhazia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Thai Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5362
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
282
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2760
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
амритана
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Амарахь
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
-
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Laos
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Laos
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Sadz
Where They Speak
Laos
Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
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
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
lao
abkhaze
German Name
Laotisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Abkhaz people
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1650
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Abkhaz
Language Position
4328
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
abk
ISO 639 2/B
lao
abk
ISO 639 3
lao
abk
ISO 639 6
lao
abks
Glottocode
laoo1244
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative