Countries
Laos
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
France, Spain
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Thai Language
Spanish
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Kaixo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Gabon
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Egun on
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mesedez
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Barkatu
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Agur
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Laos
France
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Souletin
Where They Speak
Laos
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Laos
Spain
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Euskara
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
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
lao
basque
German Name
Laotisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Basque people
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1000
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Lao
Basque
Language Position
4330
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
lo
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
eus
ISO 639 2/B
lao
baq
ISO 639 3
lao
eus
ISO 639 6
lao
eus
Glottocode
laoo1244
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative