Countries
Laos
European Union, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Poland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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.
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
Similar To
Thai Language
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2723
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
cześć
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
dziękuję
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Jak się masz?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
dobranoc
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
dobry wieczór
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
dzień dobry
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dzień dobry
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
proszę
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Przepraszam
Bye
Sôhk dii der
do widzenia
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
kocham Cię
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
przepraszam
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kashubian
Where They Speak
Laos
Poland
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00108,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Masovian
Where They Speak
Laos
Poland
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0045,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Silesian
Where They Speak
Laos
Czech Republic, Poland
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00510,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
634
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.61 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Polski
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
Polnisch, Polski
French Name
lao
polonais
German Name
Laotisch
Polnisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈpɔlski]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Poles
Origin
1283 CE
1270
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
Standard Forms
Lao
Polish
Language Position
4324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
pl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
pol
ISO 639 2/B
lao
pol
ISO 639 3
lao
pol
ISO 639 6
lao
pols
Glottocode
laoo1244
poli1260
Linguasphere
No data available
53-AAA-cc
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic