Countries
Laos
European Union, Malta
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Thai Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ħello
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Grazzi
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kif int?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Skużani!
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Qormi
Where They Speak
Laos
Malta
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Laos
Malta
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not Present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Malti
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
Malti
German Name
Laotisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Maltese
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Abric
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Maltese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic
All Lao and Maltese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lao and Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Maltese Speaking population
Lao and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Lao and Maltese on Lao vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Maltese Language Codes
Lao and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.