Countries
Laos
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Total No. Of Countries
17
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
-
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Thai Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2716
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
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ciao
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
grazie
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Come stai?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
buonanotte
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
buonasera
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
buongiorno
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Per Favore
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
scusate
Bye
Sôhk dii der
arrivederci
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ti amo
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Scusami
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Laos
Lazio
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Central Italian
Where They Speak
Laos
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Tuscan
Where They Speak
Laos
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
615
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million78.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million64.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Italiano
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
Italiano
French Name
lao
italien
German Name
Laotisch
Italienisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Italians
Origin
1283 CE
960 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Italian
Language Position
4327
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
it
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ita
ISO 639 2/B
lao
ita
ISO 639 3
lao
ita
ISO 639 6
lao
itas
Glottocode
laoo1244
ital1282
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-q
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic