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Lao vs Estonian


Lao
Estonian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of the Estonian 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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Finnish  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
9  
6

How Many Consonants
27  
17
18  
8

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Tere  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Palun  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Vabandust  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Head aega  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Laos  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
eesti keel  

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  
Eesti keel  

French Name
lao  
estonien  

German Name
Laotisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Lao people  
Estonians  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
13th century  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Estonian  

Language Position
43  
40
22  
20

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
est  

ISO 639 3
lao  
est  

ISO 639 6
lao  
est  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Lao and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Estonian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Lao vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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