1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating