Countries
Laos
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5318
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2713
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
le do thoil
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Tá brón orm
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Slán
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Laos
Connacht
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Laos
Munster
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Laos
Ulster
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
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
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
lao
irlandais moyen
German Name
Laotisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Irish people
Origin
1283 CE
c. 750
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Lao
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
4325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
gle
ISO 639 2/B
lao
gle
ISO 639 3
lao
gle
ISO 639 6
lao
gle
Glottocode
laoo1244
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional