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Countries

Countries

Laos
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Similar To

Thai Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5323
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

289
0 32
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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

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Olá

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
obrigado

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Como você está?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
boa noite

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
boa Tarde

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
bom Dia

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Por Favor

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pesaroso

Bye

Sôhk dii der
tchau

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Laos
Brazil

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

Laos
Portugal

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

Laos
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

626
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Português

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
Português

French Name

lao
portugais

German Name

Laotisch
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

1283 CE
3rd Century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Lao
Portuguese

Language Position

436
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
por

ISO 639 2/B

lao
por

ISO 639 3

lao
por

ISO 639 6

lao
por

Glottocode

laoo1244
port1283

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Portuguese Alphabets

Lao and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Portuguese. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Lao and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Portuguese Speaking population

Lao and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Lao vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Portuguese Language Codes

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