Countries
Laos
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
France
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Thai Language
Italian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
bonjour
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Merci
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bonjour
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
désolé
Bye
Sôhk dii der
au revoir
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Laos
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
African French
Where They Speak
Laos
Africa
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Laos
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
français
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
Français
German Name
Laotisch
Französisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
French people
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard French
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Lao and French Speaking population
Lao and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and French languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Lao vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and French Language Codes
Lao and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.