1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Malta
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malta
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Roman Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Ħello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Grazzi
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Kif int?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Jekk jogħġbok
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Skużani!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
0.52 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.52 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Malti
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malti
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
North Abric
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology