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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
proszę
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Przepraszam
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
do widzenia
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
kocham Cię
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
przepraszam
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.61 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
40.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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