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Esperanto and Lao


Lao
Lao and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
East Asia, European Union   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
28   
20

How Many Consonants
27   
17
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Dankon   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
Bonan nokton   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
Bonan matenon   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
Mi petas   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Ĝis poste   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
Mi amas vin   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
Pardonu!   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
Esperanto   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   
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
espéranto   
lao   

German Name
Esperanto   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1887   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Esperanto   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eo   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
epo   
lao   

ISO 639 3
epo   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
espe1235   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Isolating   

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

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Esperanto and Lao Speaking population

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Esperanto and Lao Language Codes

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

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