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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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