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Countries

Countries

Laos
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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.
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Thai Language
French Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5327
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

285
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2722
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)
hola

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Gracias

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Cómo estás?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Buenos Días

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Por Favor

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
triste

Bye

Sôhk dii der
adiós

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Laos
Mexico

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

Laos
Cuba

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

Laos
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

621
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Español

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
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

lao
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Laotisch
Spanisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Spanish people

History

Origin

1283 CE
210 BC

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Lao
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

432
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
spa

ISO 639 2/B

lao
spa

ISO 639 3

lao
spa

ISO 639 6

lao
spa

Glottocode

laoo1244
stan1288

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic

Lao and Spanish Alphabets

Lao and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Spanish. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Lao and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Spanish Speaking population

Lao and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Lao vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Spanish Language Codes

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