1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Japan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Kana
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
128.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
128.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
日本語
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
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Japonic 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 Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
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
45-CAA-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating