1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
East Asia, European Union, South America
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
East Asia, European Union
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Akademio de Esperanto
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.
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
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
Not Available
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)
Halo
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Dankon
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kiel vi sanas?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Bonan nokton
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bonan vesperon
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Bonan posttagmezon
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bonan matenon
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Mi bedaŭras!
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Mi amas vin
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pardonu!
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Not present
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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 million2.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million0.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Esperanto
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
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[espeˈranto]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
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
Proto-Esperanto
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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-AAB-da
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology