Countries
Laos
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
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
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
lao
  
arménien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic