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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Myanmar
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Myanmar
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
3353
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
1228
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
3327
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Tangut
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
36
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Arakanese
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Myanmar
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
440,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Intha
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Burma
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
90,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
56
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
43.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.50 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
33.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
10.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
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
birman
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Birmanisch
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Bamar people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
1113 AD
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
43NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
my
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mya
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
bur
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
mya
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sout3159
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating

Burmese and Lao Alphabets

Burmese and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Burmese and Lao. In Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Burmese and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Burmese and Lao languages. The Burmese phonology consist Burmese vowels and Burmese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Burmese greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Burmese and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Burmese and Lao Speaking population

Burmese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Burmese and Lao on Burmese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Lao Language Codes

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