Countries
Laos
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Galicia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Thai Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5323
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2719
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ola
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Grazas
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Que tal estás?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Boas noites
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Boa tarde
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bos días
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Por favor
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Síntoo!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Adeus
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ámote
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Laos
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Laos
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Laos
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Galego
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
Galego, Gallego
French Name
lao
galicien
German Name
Laotisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Galician people
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1175
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Lao
Galician
Language Position
4346
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
glg
ISO 639 2/B
lao
glg
ISO 639 3
lao
glg
ISO 639 6
lao
glg
Glottocode
laoo1244
gali1258
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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