Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- 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
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2127
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Gabon
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Egun on
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Mesedez
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Barkatu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Agur
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Maite zaitut
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Barkatu
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
France
Laos
How Many People Speak
68,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Laos
How Many People Speak
8,700.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Spain
Laos
How Many People Speak
750,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
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
basque
lao
German Name
Baskisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Basque people
Lao people
Origin
c. 1000
1283 CE
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Basque
Lao
Language Position
3043
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
lao
ISO 639 2/B
baq
lao
ISO 639 3
eus
lao
ISO 639 6
eus
lao
Glottocode
basq1248
laoo1244
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating