1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
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)
Hola
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Gràcies
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Com estàs?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Bona nit
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bona nit
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Bona tarda
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bon dia
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Perdó!
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
T'estimo
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dispensi!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million4.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
català
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
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Catalan people
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 Catalan
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Catalan
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
51-AAA-e
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