Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
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
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
multumesc
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
noapte Buna
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
buna Seara
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Vă Rog
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
scuze
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
La revedere
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Te iubesc
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
250,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,400.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
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
roumain; moldave
lao
German Name
Rumänisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Romanians
Lao people
Origin
1521
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Lao
Language Position
3643
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
lao
ISO 639 2/B
rum
lao
ISO 639 3
ron
lao
ISO 639 6
ron
lao
Glottocode
roma1327
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating