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Lao
Spanish and Lao


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
1  
14
46  
1

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
-  
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
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
22  
12

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

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
3,000,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
89.50 million  
9

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
43  
40
2  
2

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  

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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.

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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.

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