Countries
European Union, Malta
  
Laos
  
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 in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Skużani!
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Ċaw
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Skużi!
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.