Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Laos
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)
Not Available
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 in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Greece
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Griko
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Italy
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
laoo1244
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
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 Not Available. 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.