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Maltese and Lao


Lao
Lao and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Malta   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
Not Available   

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.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
28   
20

How Many Consonants
24   
14
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
Grazzi   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

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

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

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

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

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

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
Skużani!   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
Ċaw   
Sôhk dii der   

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

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Laos   

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Laos   

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Laos   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Malti   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

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   

French Name
maltais   
lao   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Tai   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Lao   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
lao   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
malt1254   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Isolating   

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All Maltese and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maltese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Lao Speaking population

Maltese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maltese and Lao on Maltese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Lao Language Codes

Maltese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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