Countries
Wales
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
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Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Thai Language
Derived From
British Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2127
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Diolch
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Nos da
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Bore da
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Hwyl
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Argentina
Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Laos
How Many People Speak
700,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Powys
Laos
How Many People Speak
700,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.40 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
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
gallois
lao
German Name
Kymrisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Lao people
Origin
9th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Tai
Branch
Brythonic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Lao
Language Position
3143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
lao
ISO 639 2/B
wel
lao
ISO 639 3
cym
lao
ISO 639 6
cym
lao
Glottocode
wels1247
laoo1244
Linguasphere
50-ABA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating