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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Gazakh   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Azerbaijan   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Baku   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Azerbaijan   

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
Not Available   
0.34 %   
37

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
23.00 million   
34

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
Not Available   
Azerbaijani   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
16th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Azerbaijani   

Language Position
Not Available   
38   
30

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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