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Lao
Lao vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
28  
20

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
multumesc  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
Vă Rog  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
scuze  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
La revedere  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
Not Available  

Native Name
Română  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
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
roumain; moldave  
lao  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1521  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tai  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Lao  

Language Position
36  
28
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
lao  

ISO 639 3
ron  
lao  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Isolating  

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Romanian and Lao Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Lao language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Lao language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Lao Language History.

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

Romanian vs Lao Difficulty

The Romanian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.

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