Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Laos
  
National Language
Portugal
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Olá
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
obrigado
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Como você está?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
boa noite
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
boa Noite
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
bom Dia
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
pesaroso
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
tchau
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Eu te amo
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
desculpe me
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Brazil
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00
  
4
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Portugal
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
231.00 million
  
7
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
216.00 million
  
5
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Português
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Português
  
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
portugais
  
lao
  
German Name
Portugiesisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Not Available
  
Origin
3rd Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Portuguese
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pt
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
por
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
por
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
por
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
port1283
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Lao language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Lao Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.