Countries
Laos
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
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Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Thai Language
Latvian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2720
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)
Ačiū
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Labanakt
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Laba diena
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Labas rytas
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Prašom
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
atsiprašau
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Ate
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Laos
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Laos
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Curonian
Where They Speak
Laos
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
lietuvių kalba
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
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
lao
lituanien
German Name
Laotisch
Litauisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Lithuanians
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1503
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Lithuanian
Language Position
4344
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
lit
ISO 639 2/B
lao
lit
ISO 639 3
lao
lit
ISO 639 6
lao
lit
Glottocode
laoo1244
lith1251
Linguasphere
No data available
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic