Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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 and Portuguese Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1627
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
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
grazie
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Come stai?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
buonanotte
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
buonasera
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
buongiorno
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Per Favore
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
scusate
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
arrivederci
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ti amo
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Scusami
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Lazio
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Laos
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Italiano
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
italien
lao
German Name
Italienisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Italians
Lao people
Origin
960 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Romance
Tai
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Lao
Language Position
2743
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
it
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
lao
ISO 639 2/B
ita
lao
ISO 639 3
ita
lao
ISO 639 6
itas
lao
Glottocode
ital1282
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
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