1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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
Not Available
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
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Terima kasih
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Apa kabar?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Malam yang baik
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
mohon Untuk
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Permisi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
163.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
23.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
140.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
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
Bahasa Indonesia
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Indonesians
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian 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
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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