1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.9 Similar To
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
Arabic, 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)
γεια σας (geia sas)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
αντίο (antío)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Cappadocian Greek
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 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million13.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ελληνικά
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
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
5.3.4 French Name
lao
grec moderne (après 1453)
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
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-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
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
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic