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Lao vs Bulgarian


Lao
Bulgarian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
36  
26

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
български (bãlgarski)  

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  
Balgarski  

French Name
lao  
bulgare  

German Name
Laotisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
9th Century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
43  
40
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
bul  

ISO 639 3
lao  
bul  

ISO 639 6
lao  
buls  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
-  

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Lao and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Bulgarian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian Language History.

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Lao and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Bulgarian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Bulgarian Difficulty

The Lao vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.

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