Countries
Laos
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Thai Language
Armenian
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5324
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2717
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Laos
Greece
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Griko
Where They Speak
Laos
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Laos
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ελληνικά
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
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
lao
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Laotisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
1283 CE
1500 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Greek
Language Position
4374
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ell
ISO 639 2/B
lao
gre
ISO 639 3
lao
ell
ISO 639 6
lao
ells
Glottocode
laoo1244
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic