Countries
Laos
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Thai Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
alo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
multumesc
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
ce mai faci?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
noapte Buna
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
buna Ziua
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
bună Dimineața
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Vă Rog
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
scuze
Bye
Sôhk dii der
La revedere
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Laos
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Laos
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Laos
Croatia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Română
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
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
lao
roumain; moldave
German Name
Laotisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Romanians
Origin
1283 CE
1521
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Lao
Romanian
Language Position
4336
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ron
ISO 639 2/B
lao
rum
ISO 639 3
lao
ron
ISO 639 6
lao
ron
Glottocode
laoo1244
roma1327
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
Synthetic