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Countries

Countries

Laos
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Thai Language
Armenian

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

287
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2717
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Laos
Greece

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Griko

Where They Speak

Laos
Italy

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Laos
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ελληνικά

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
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

lao
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Laotisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1283 CE
1500 BC

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Lao
Modern Greek

Language Position

4374
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
ell

ISO 639 2/B

lao
gre

ISO 639 3

lao
ell

ISO 639 6

lao
ells

Glottocode

laoo1244
gree1276

Linguasphere

No data available
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Lao and Greek Alphabets

Lao and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Greek. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Lao and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Greek languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Greek Speaking population

Lao and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Lao vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Greek Language Codes

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