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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

461
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  • 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 Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2753
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2227
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

hola
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Gracias
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Buenas Noches
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Buenos Días
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Por Favor
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

triste
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

adiós
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Te Quiero
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Mexico
Laos

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Cuba
Laos

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
Laos

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

216
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
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

espagnol; castillan
lao

German Name

Spanisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Lao people

History

Origin

210 BC
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Romance
Tai

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Lao

Language Position

243
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
lao

ISO 639 2/B

spa
lao

ISO 639 3

spa
lao

ISO 639 6

spa
lao

Glottocode

stan1288
laoo1244

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating

Spanish and Lao Alphabets

Spanish and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Lao. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Spanish and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Lao languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Spanish and Lao Speaking population

Spanish and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Lao on Spanish vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Lao Language Codes

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