Countries
Laos
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.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)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
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
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lao
  
albanais
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Synthetic
  
Lao and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Albanian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Albanian Difficulty
The Lao vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.