Countries
Laos
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Latin and Italian Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2727
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Halo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Dankon
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bonan matenon
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mi petas
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Ĝis poste
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pardonu!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not present
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not present
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not present
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
60
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Esperanto
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
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
lao
espéranto
German Name
Laotisch
Esperanto
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Esperanto speakers
Origin
1283 CE
1887
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Lao
Esperanto
Language Position
4333
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signuno
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
epo
ISO 639 2/B
lao
epo
ISO 639 3
lao
epo
ISO 639 6
lao
epo
Glottocode
laoo1244
espe1235
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative