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Lao vs Italian


Lao
Italian vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

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

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
16  
6

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
buongiorno  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Per Favore  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
scusate  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
arrivederci  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Romanesco  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Lazio  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
14.00 million  
36

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  

History

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
43  
40
27  
25

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Lao and Italian Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Italian language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and Italian Language History.

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Lao and Italian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Italian language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lao vs Italian Difficulty

The Lao vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Italian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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