Countries
Laos
  
Israel
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Israel
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
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
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
lao
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic