Countries
Laos
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
ελληνικά
  
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
  
French Name
lao
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic