Countries
Laos
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Thai Language
French Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2720
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Bonjou
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Mèsi
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Bon apre-midi
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Souple
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Dezole
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Babay
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Laos
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Laos
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Laos
Cayes
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Kreyòl ayisyen
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
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
lao
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Laotisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Haitians
Origin
1283 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Haitian Creole
Language Position
4399
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
hat
ISO 639 2/B
lao
hat
ISO 639 3
lao
hat
ISO 639 6
lao
hat
Glottocode
laoo1244
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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