Countries
Laos
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Egun on
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Agur
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Not available
  
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
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
lao
  
basque
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Lao and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Basque language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Basque Difficulty
The Lao vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.