Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Laos
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
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
albanais
  
lao
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Albanian 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 Albanian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Lao language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Lao Difficulty
The Albanian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.