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Lao and Esperanto


Lao
Esperanto and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
27  
17

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
0  

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
2.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
43  
40
33  
31

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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

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Lao and Esperanto Speaking population

Lao and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. 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 Lao and Esperanto on Lao vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Esperanto Language Codes

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

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