Countries
Laos
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-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)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Slán
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
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
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
lao
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Irish people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Lao and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Irish language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Irish Difficulty
The Lao vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.