Countries
Laos
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
  
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-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)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
scusate
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Italiano
  
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
  
Italiano
  
French Name
lao
  
italien
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Italians
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Lao and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Italian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Italian Difficulty
The Lao vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.