Countries
Laos
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Thai Language
Romanian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2729
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
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Si jeni?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
mirëdita
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
mirëmengjes
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ju lutem
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Me fal
Bye
Sôhk dii der
mirupafshim
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Laos
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Laos
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Laos
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
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
Shqip
French Name
lao
albanais
German Name
Laotisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Albanians
Origin
1283 CE
1462 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Albanian
Language Position
4314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
lao
alb
ISO 639 3
lao
sqi
ISO 639 6
lao
sqi
Glottocode
laoo1244
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic