Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Laos
  
National Language
Spain
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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 Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-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
hola
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Por Favor
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
triste
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
adiós
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
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
espagnol; castillan
  
lao
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Isolating