1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
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
Latin
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
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
I love you
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 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
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Isolating