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Burmese and Lao


Lao
Lao and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Laos   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Mon   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

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.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
33   
15
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
28   
20

How Many Consonants
33   
23
27   
17

Scripts
Tangut   
Thai and Lao Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
Sôhk dii der   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Vientiane Lao   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Northern Lao   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Central Lao   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
Not Available   

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
Not Available   

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   

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   

French Name
birman   
lao   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Laotisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
pʰáːsǎː láːw   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
1283 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Tai-Kadai Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Tai   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No Early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Lao   

Language Position
43   
32
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
lo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
lao   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
lao   

ISO 639 3
mya   
lao   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
laoo1244   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Isolating   

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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.

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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.

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