1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Haiti
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
French Language
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)
Bonjou
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kijan ou yé?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Bon nwit
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bonswa
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Bon apre-midi
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bon apre-midi
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Dezole
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Mwen renmen w
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Eskize m
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Haitian Creole
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Central Haitian Creole
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Haitian Creole
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 million9.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million9.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Kreyòl ayisyen
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
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
5.3.4 French Name
lao
haïtien; créole haïtien
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
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
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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-AAC-cb
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