Countries
Laos
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Welsh Language Commissioner
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Thai Language
English Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Helô
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Diolch
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Nos da
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
P'nawn da
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bore da
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Hwyl
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Laos
Argentina
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Laos
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Laos
Powys
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million7.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
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
Cymraeg
French Name
lao
gallois
German Name
Laotisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Welsh people
Origin
1283 CE
9th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Lao
Welsh
Language Position
4331
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
cym
ISO 639 2/B
lao
wel
ISO 639 3
lao
cym
ISO 639 6
lao
cym
Glottocode
laoo1244
wels1247
Linguasphere
No data available
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional