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Countries

Countries

European Union, Poland
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Poland
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3253
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

928
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2327
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

cześć
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

dziękuję
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Jak się masz?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

dobranoc
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

dobry wieczór
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

dzień dobry
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Dzień dobry
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

proszę
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Przepraszam
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

do widzenia
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

kocham Cię
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

przepraszam
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kashubian
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Poland
Laos

How Many People Speak

108,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Masovian
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Poland
Laos

How Many People Speak

45,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Silesian
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Czech Republic, Poland
Laos

How Many People Speak

510,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

346
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

40.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.61 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

40.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

40.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Polski
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Polnisch, Polski
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

polonais
lao

German Name

Polnisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈpɔlski]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Poles
Lao people

History

Origin

1270
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Tai

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Polish and Middle Polish
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Polish
Lao

Language Position

2443
1 120
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Signed Forms

System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pl
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

pol
lao

ISO 639 2/B

pol
lao

ISO 639 3

pol
lao

ISO 639 6

pols
lao

Glottocode

poli1260
laoo1244

Linguasphere

53-AAA-cc
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating

Polish and Lao Alphabets

Polish and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Polish and Lao. In Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Polish and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Polish and Lao languages. The Polish phonology consist Polish vowels and Polish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Polish greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Polish and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Polish 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 Polish and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Polish and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Polish are spoken in different Polish Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Polish vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Polish dialects include: Kashubian, Masovian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Polish and Lao Speaking population

Polish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Polish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Polish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Polish and Lao on Polish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Polish and Lao Language Codes

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