Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Laos
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
晚安
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
请
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
再见
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
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
Not Available
  
lao
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
17th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Isolating
  
Cantonese and Lao Speaking population
Cantonese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Lao on Cantonese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Lao Language Codes
Cantonese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.