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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
Not Available   
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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
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   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not present   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1887   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Esperanto   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. 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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