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 in
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Debar
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Laos
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Southern
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Lao
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mace1250
laoo1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Isolating
Macedonian and Lao 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 Macedonian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Lao language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Lao Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian Alphabets and Lao 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 Macedonian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.