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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
bom Dia
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
desculpe me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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?
231.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
3.27 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
216.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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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Isolating