Countries
Laos
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-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)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Esperanto
  
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
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
lao
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1887
  
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-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Esperanto
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Agglutinative
  
Lao and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Esperanto language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Lao vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.