Countries
Wales
  
Laos
  
National Language
Wales
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
- 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
English Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
British Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Helô
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Diolch
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Nos da
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Bore da
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Hwyl
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Argentina
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Powys
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
  
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
gallois
  
lao
  
German Name
Kymrisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Welsh people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Brythonic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Welsh
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
cy
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cym
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
wel
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
cym
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
wels1247
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
50-ABA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Isolating
  
Welsh and Lao Speaking population
Welsh and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Welsh and Lao on Welsh vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Welsh and Lao Language Codes
Welsh and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Welsh and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.