Countries
Laos
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Bonjour
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
désolé
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Africa
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
français
  
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
  
Français
  
French Name
lao
  
français
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic