Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Laos
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
grazie
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Per Favore
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
scusate
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
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
italien
  
lao
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Italian 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 Italian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Lao language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Lao Difficulty
The Italian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.