1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
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
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Përshëndetje
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ju faleminderit
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Si jeni?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
natën e mirë
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
mirëmbrëma
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
mirëdita
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
mirëmengjes
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Me fal
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
unë e dua ju
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Më falni
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Gheg Albanian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Tosk Albanian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA100,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million3.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Albanian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology