1 Countries
1.1 Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
East Asia, European Union
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Dankon
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Bonan nokton
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Bonan matenon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Mi amas vin
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pardonu!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Not present
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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?
2.20 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.20 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
1.1.3 Native Name
Esperanto
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
1.1.4 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
1.1.5 French Name
1.1.6 German Name
1.2 Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
1.3 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
2 History
2.1 Origin
2.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
2.2.1 Subgroup
2.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
2.3 Language Forms
2.3.1 Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
No Early forms
2.3.2 Standard Forms
2.3.3 Language Position
2.4.3 Signed Forms
2.5 Scope
3 Code
3.1 ISO 639 1
3.2 ISO 639 2
3.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
3.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
3.3 ISO 639 3
3.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
3.5 Glottocode
3.6 Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
No data available
3.7 Types of Language
3.7.1 Language Type
3.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
3.7.3 Language Morphological Typology