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Lao vs Esperanto


Lao
Lao
Esperanto vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
27  
17

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

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
6  
6
0  

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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  

Code

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  

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Lao and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Esperanto language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Esperanto Language History.

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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.

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