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Macedonian and Lao


Lao
Lao and Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
28   
20

How Many Consonants
26   
16
27   
17

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

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

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

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

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Debar   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao   

French Name
macédonien   
lao   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Tai   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
lao   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Isolating   

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All Macedonian and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Macedonian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Macedonian and Lao Speaking population

Macedonian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Macedonian and Lao on Macedonian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Macedonian and Lao Language Codes

Macedonian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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