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
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
Not Available
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 in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Buenos Días
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Por Favor
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
triste
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
Te Quiero
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Mexico
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Cuba
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
laoo1244
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating