Countries
European Union, Malta
Laos
National Language
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
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Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- 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
Western Arabic Dialects
Thai Language
Derived From
Roman Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Ħello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Grazzi
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kif int?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Skużani!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Skużi!
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Qormi
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Malta
Laos
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Malta
Laos
Dialect 3
Not Present
Central Lao
Native Name
Malti
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Malti
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Maltesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Maltese
Lao people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Lao
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
malt1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating
All Maltese and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maltese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Lao Speaking population
Maltese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maltese and Lao on Maltese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Lao Language Codes
Maltese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.