Countries
Countries
Laos
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2728
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Laos
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
NA80,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Laos
Kartli
How Many People Speak
NANA
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Laos
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million4.30 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million4.30 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ქართული ენა
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
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
lao
géorgien
German Name
Laotisch
Georgisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Georgians
History
Origin
1283 CE
5th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Southern
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Georgian
Language Position
NA120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
lo
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
kat
ISO 639 2/B
lao
geo
ISO 639 3
lao
kat
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic