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Lao vs 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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Maltese and Lao Language History

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

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

Maltese vs Lao Difficulty

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

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