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Lao vs Azerbaijani


Lao
Azerbaijani vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Azerbaijan, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Turkish  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Osmanly language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
23  
13

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Təşəkkür edirəm  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
necəsən  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
yaxşı gecə  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Axşamınız xeyir  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Günortanız Xeyir  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Sabahınız xeyir  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
lütfən  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
üzr  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
xudafiz  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Mən səni sevirəm  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Bağışlayın  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Derbent  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Russia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Gazakh  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
37,000,000.00  
18

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Baku  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Azerbaijan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
37.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
33  
26

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
26.00 million  
39

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.34 %  
39

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  

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  
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  

French Name
lao  
azéri  

German Name
Laotisch  
Aserbeidschanisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Azerbaijani  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
16th Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Azerbaijani  

Language Position
43  
40
38  
35

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Signed Azerbaijani  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
az  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
aze  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
aze  

ISO 639 3
lao  
aze  

ISO 639 6
lao  
aze  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
azer1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Lao and Azerbaijani Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Azerbaijani language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Azerbaijani language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Azerbaijani Language History.

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Lao and Azerbaijani Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Azerbaijani language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Azerbaijani Difficulty

The Lao vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Azerbaijani Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.

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