Countries
Laos
  
Wales
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Wales
  
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
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-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)
  
Helô
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Bore da
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gwynedd
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
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
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
lao
  
gallois
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Lao and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Welsh language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Welsh Difficulty
The Lao vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.