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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  • 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2753
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2327
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

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Gràcies
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Com estàs?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Bona nit
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Bon dia
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Sisplau
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Perdó!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Adéu
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

T'estimo
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Laos

How Many People Speak

440,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Spain
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Spain
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

86
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
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

catalan; valencien
lao

German Name

Katalanisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Lao people

History

Origin

c. 1028
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Romance
Tai

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Lao

Language Position

3243
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
lao

ISO 639 2/B

cat
lao

ISO 639 3

cat
lao

ISO 639 6

cat
lao

Glottocode

stan1289
laoo1244

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Catalan and Lao Alphabets

Catalan and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Lao. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Catalan and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Lao languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Catalan 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 Catalan and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Catalan and Lao Speaking population

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

Catalan and Lao Language Codes

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