Countries
Laos
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Thai Language
Greek
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5338
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2732
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
612
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Laos
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Laos
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
lao
arménien
German Name
Laotisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Armenians
Origin
1283 CE
late 5th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Lao
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
4314
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
hye
ISO 639 2/B
lao
arm
ISO 639 3
lao
hye
ISO 639 6
lao
hye
Glottocode
laoo1244
arme1241
Linguasphere
No data available
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic