Countries
Countries
Laos
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Thai Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2723
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hola
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Gràcies
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Bona nit
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Bona tarda
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bon dia
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sisplau
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Perdó!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Adéu
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Caló
Where They Speak
Laos
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Valencian
Where They Speak
Laos
Spain
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Laos
Spain
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
català
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
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
lao
catalan; valencien
German Name
Laotisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Lao people
Catalan people
History
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1028
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
4332
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
lo
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
cat
ISO 639 2/B
lao
cat
ISO 639 3
lao
cat
ISO 639 6
lao
cat
Glottocode
laoo1244
stan1289
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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