Countries
Laos
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Total No. Of Countries
110
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Thai Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5323
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2719
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Olá
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
obrigado
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Como você está?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
boa noite
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
boa Tarde
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
bom Dia
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Por Favor
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pesaroso
Bye
Sôhk dii der
tchau
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Laos
Brazil
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Laos
Portugal
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Laos
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.004,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
626
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million231.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %3.27 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million216.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Português
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
Português
French Name
lao
portugais
German Name
Laotisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
1283 CE
3rd Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Romance
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Lao
Portuguese
Language Position
436
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
pt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
por
ISO 639 2/B
lao
por
ISO 639 3
lao
por
ISO 639 6
lao
por
Glottocode
laoo1244
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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