Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Laos
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- 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
Spanish
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Mesedez
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Agur
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not available
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
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
basque
  
lao
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Isolating
  
Basque 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 Basque and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Basque and Lao language. Basque word for "Hello" is Kaixo or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Basque Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Basque vs Lao Difficulty
The Basque vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Basque 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 Basque and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Basque and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Basque is 88 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.