Countries
Laos
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Thai Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5330
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2724
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ħello
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Grazzi
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kif int?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Skużani!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Ċaw
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Qormi
Where They Speak
Laos
Malta
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Laos
Malta
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not Present
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Malti
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
Malti
French Name
lao
maltais
German Name
Laotisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Maltese
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1470
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Maltese
Language Position
4325
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mlt
ISO 639 3
lao
mlt
ISO 639 6
lao
mlt
Glottocode
laoo1244
malt1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Synthetic