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
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 in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Bonjour
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Laos
Dialect 2
African French
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Africa
Laos
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Laos
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
German Name
Französisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
French people
Lao people
Origin
9th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Lao
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
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.