Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
Laos
  
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 in
Esperanto-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
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Esperanto and Lao language. Esperanto word for "Hello" is Halo or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Esperanto Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Esperanto vs Lao Difficulty
The Esperanto vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Esperanto 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 Esperanto and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Esperanto and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Esperanto is 6 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.