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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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

Armenian
Thai Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2453
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

728
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1727
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, 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

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

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

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

αντίο (antío)
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Greece
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,800.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Italy
Laos

How Many People Speak

50,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Laos

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.003,000,000.00
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?

13.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
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

grec moderne (après 1453)
lao

German Name

Neugriechisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Lao people

History

Origin

1500 BC
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Lao

Language Position

7443
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
lao

ISO 639 2/B

gre
lao

ISO 639 3

ell
lao

ISO 639 6

ells
lao

Glottocode

gree1276
laoo1244

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
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

Greek and Lao Alphabets

Greek and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Lao. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Greek and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Lao languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Lao Speaking population

Greek and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Lao on Greek vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Lao Language Codes

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