Countries
European Union, Ireland
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ireland
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Ireland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
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Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
- 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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
1853
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1327
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
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Dia dhuit
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
le do thoil
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Tá brón orm
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Slán
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Connacht
Laos
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Munster Irish
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Munster
Laos
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Ulster
Laos
How Many People Speak
140,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.14 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
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
irlandais moyen
lao
German Name
Mittelirisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Irish people
Lao people
Origin
c. 750
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Tai
Branch
Goidelic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
No Early forms
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Lao
Language Position
2543
1
120
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Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ga
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
gle
lao
ISO 639 2/B
gle
lao
ISO 639 3
gle
lao
ISO 639 6
gle
lao
Glottocode
iris1253
laoo1244
Linguasphere
50-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating