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Basque and Lao


Lao
Lao and Basque


Countries

Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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  
-  

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

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
21  
11
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
Egun on  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
Mesedez  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
Barkatu  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Agur  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Maite zaitut  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Barkatu  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
France  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
68,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Souletin  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
8,700.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Biscayan  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
750,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.20 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.20 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
30  
28
43  
40

Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language  
Lao Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Basque and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Basque and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Basque and Lao Speaking population

Basque and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Basque and Lao on Basque vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Basque and Lao Language Codes

Basque and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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