Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
alo
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
scuze
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Română
  
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
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
lao
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1521
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Romanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Synthetic