1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Spain
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
French Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
hola
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Gracias
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Cómo estás?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Buenas Noches
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bonne soirée
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Buenas Tardes
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Buenos Días
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Por Favor
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
triste
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Te Quiero
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Discúlpeme
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Mexican Spanish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA105,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Cuban Spanish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA11,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Puerto Rican Spanish
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million489.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million410.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Español
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
Castellano, Castilian, Español
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
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
Old Spanish and Spanish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
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-AAA-b
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic