Countries
Haiti
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Haiti
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Central America, North America
Asia
Minority Language
Cuba
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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Interesting Facts
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
- 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
French Language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bonjou
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Mèsi
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kijan ou yé?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Bon nwit
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Bonswa
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Bon apre-midi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Bon apre-midi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Souple
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Dezole
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Babay
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Mwen renmen w
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Eskize m
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northern Haitian Creole
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Cap-Haitien
Laos
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Haitian Creole
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Port-au-Prince
Laos
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Haitian Creole
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Cayes
Laos
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
9.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
9.60 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Kreyòl ayisyen
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
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
haïtien; créole haïtien
lao
German Name
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[kɣejɔl]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Haitians
Lao people
Origin
17th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
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Tai
Branch
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-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Haitian Creole
Lao
Language Position
9943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ht
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hat
lao
ISO 639 2/B
hat
lao
ISO 639 3
hat
lao
ISO 639 6
hat
lao
Glottocode
hait1244
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAC-cb
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating