Countries
Laos
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Latvia
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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Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Thai Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2724
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
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Sveiki
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Paldies
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Labdien
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Labrīt
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
lūdzu
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Piedodiet!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Livonian
Where They Speak
Laos
Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Laos
Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Laos
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
latviešu valoda
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
Lettish
French Name
lao
letton
German Name
Laotisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1283 CE
1530
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Latvian
Language Position
439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
lav
ISO 639 2/B
lao
lav
ISO 639 3
lao
lav
ISO 639 6
lao
lav
Glottocode
laoo1244
latv1249
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic