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Countries

Countries

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

101
0 46
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National Language

Portugal
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Asia

Minority Language

Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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

Spanish and Galician Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2353
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

928
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1927
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

24 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Olá
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

obrigado
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Como você está?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

boa noite
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

boa Tarde
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

bom Dia
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Por Favor
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

pesaroso
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

tchau
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Eu te amo
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

desculpe me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Brazilian Portuguese
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Brazil
Laos

How Many People Speak

204,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

European Portuguese
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Portugal
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Daman and Diu
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

266
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

231.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

3.27 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

216.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Português
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Português
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

portugais
lao

German Name

Portugiesisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Portuguese people or portugueses
Lao people

History

Origin

3rd Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Romance
Tai

Branch

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Language Forms

Early Forms

Medieval Galician
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Portuguese
Lao

Language Position

643
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Portuguese
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

pt
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

por
lao

ISO 639 2/B

por
lao

ISO 639 3

por
lao

ISO 639 6

por
lao

Glottocode

port1283
laoo1244

Linguasphere

51-AAA-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Portuguese and Lao Alphabets

Portuguese and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Portuguese and Lao. In Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Portuguese and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Portuguese and Lao languages. The Portuguese phonology consist Portuguese vowels and Portuguese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Portuguese greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Portuguese and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Portuguese and Lao Speaking population

Portuguese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Lao on Portuguese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Lao Language Codes

Portuguese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.