Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2927
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Ju lutem
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Me fal
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
mirupafshim
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
unë e dua ju
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Më falni
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Italy
Laos
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Shqip
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
albanais
lao
German Name
Albanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Albanians
Lao people
Origin
1462 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Lao
Language Position
1443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
lao
ISO 639 2/B
alb
lao
ISO 639 3
sqi
lao
ISO 639 6
sqi
lao
Glottocode
alba1267
laoo1244
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating