Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Laos
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
Not Available
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
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Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Romanian
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
roma1327
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating
Romanian and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Romanian and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Lao language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Lao Difficulty
The Romanian vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Romanian and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.