Countries
Laos
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
111
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Turkey
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
-
Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Thai Language
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
288
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2721
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
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Merhaba
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Nasılsın?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Tünaydın
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
günaydın
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
lütfen
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
üzgünüm
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Hoşçakal
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Laos
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0026,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Laos
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00480,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Laos
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million75.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.95 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Türkçe
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
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
lao
turc
German Name
Laotisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Turkish
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1350
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Lao
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
4319
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
tr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
tur
ISO 639 2/B
lao
tur
ISO 639 3
lao
tur
ISO 639 6
lao
tur
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1301
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
Synthetic