1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hola
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Gràcies
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Com estàs?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Bona nit
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Bona nit
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Bon dia
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Perdó!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
T'estimo
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Dispensi!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
9.20 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
4.10 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
català
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Catalan people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Catalan
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology