Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
East Asia, European Union
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto
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Interesting Facts
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
- 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
Latin and Italian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2727
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Dankon
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Bonan nokton
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Bonan vesperon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Bonan matenon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Mi petas
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Ĝis poste
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Mi amas vin
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Pardonu!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Not present
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Not present
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Not present
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Not present
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
06
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.20 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.20 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Esperanto
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
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
espéranto
lao
German Name
Esperanto
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers
Lao people
Origin
1887
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Esperanto
Lao
Language Position
3343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signuno
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
eo
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
epo
lao
ISO 639 2/B
epo
lao
ISO 639 3
epo
lao
ISO 639 6
epo
lao
Glottocode
espe1235
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAB-da
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Constructed
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating