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Lao vs Maltese


Lao
Lao
Maltese vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
Malta  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

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.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
6  
3

How Many Consonants
27  
17
24  
14

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
Ħello  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
Kif int?  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Skużani!  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Ċaw  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Qormi  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Malta  

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Malta  

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
0.52 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.52 million  
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  
Malti  

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  
Malti  

French Name
lao  
maltais  

German Name
Laotisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Maltese  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Maltese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
lao  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Synthetic  

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Lao and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Maltese language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Maltese Language History.

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Lao and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Maltese language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Maltese Difficulty

The Lao vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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