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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

628
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2027
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

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Merci
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

bonne Nuit
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

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

Please

S'il vous plaît
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

désolé
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

au revoir
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Je t'aime
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Laos

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Africa
Laos

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

256
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Français
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

français
lao

German Name

Französisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

French people
Lao people

History

Origin

9th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Romance
Tai

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Lao

Language Position

1343
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
lao

ISO 639 2/B

fre
lao

ISO 639 3

fra
lao

ISO 639 6

fras
lao

Glottocode

stan1290
laoo1244

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating

French and Lao Alphabets

French and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in French and Lao. In French Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn French and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of French and Lao languages. The French phonology consist French vowels and French consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at French greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether French and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

French and Lao Speaking population

French and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of French and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Lao on French vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Lao Language Codes

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