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Lao and Romanian


Lao
Romanian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

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

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Romanian.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
7   
4

How Many Consonants
27   
17
20   
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.37 %   
35

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   

History

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   
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Lao and Romanian 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 Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Romanian Speaking population

Lao and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. 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 Romanian on Lao vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Romanian Language Codes

Lao and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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