Countries
European Union, Lithuania
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Lithuania
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Poland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
- 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.
Similar To
Latvian
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1228
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ačiū
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Labanakt
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Labas vakaras
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Laba diena
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Labas rytas
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Prašom
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
atsiprašau
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Ate
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Aš myliu tave
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Atsiprašau
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Samogitian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Laos
How Many People Speak
500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Aukštaitian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Curonian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Lithuania
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
lietuvių kalba
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
lituanien
lao
German Name
Litauisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Lithuanians
Lao people
Origin
c. 1503
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
Baltic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Lithuanian
Lao
Language Position
4443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lt
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lit
lao
ISO 639 2/B
lit
lao
ISO 639 3
lit
lao
ISO 639 6
lit
lao
Glottocode
lith1251
laoo1244
Linguasphere
54-AAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating