Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Laos
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Thank you
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
How are you?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
I love you
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
American English
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Central Lao
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Englisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
5th Century AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Isolating
English and Lao Speaking population
English and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of English and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Lao on English vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Lao Language Codes
English and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.