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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
23   
5
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
28   
20

How Many Consonants
19   
9
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

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
4,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
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   

History

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
6   
6
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   
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Portuguese and Lao Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Lao language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Lao Language History.

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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.

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