1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
France
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
1.2 Phonology
1.2.1 How Many Vowels
1.2.2 How Many Consonants
1.5 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
1.6 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
1.7 Hard to Learn
1.7.1 Language Levels
1.7.3 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
bonjour
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
2.2 Thank You
2.3 How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
2.4 Good Night
bonne Nuit
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
2.5 Good Evening
bonsoir
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
2.6 Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
2.7 Good Morning
Bonjour
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
2.8 Please
S'il vous plaît
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
2.9 Sorry
désolé
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
2.10 Bye
2.11 I Love You
Je t'aime
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
2.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
Quebec French
Vientiane Lao
3.1.1 Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Laos
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
African French
Northern Lao
3.2.1 Where They Speak
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
3.3 Dialect 3
3.3.1 Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Laos
3.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
1400
96000000
3.4 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
163.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
76.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
4.3.2 Native Name
français
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
4.3.3 Alternative Names
Français
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
4.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No Early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Not Available
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating