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Lao
Lao and Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

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)  
-  

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

Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
28  
20

How Many Consonants
16  
6
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
Per Favore  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
scusate  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
arrivederci  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Ti amo  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
3.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Tai  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Lao  

Language Position
27  
25
43  
40

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Lao Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Italian and Lao Speaking population

Italian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Lao on Italian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Lao Language Codes

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

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