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Lao and Burmese


Lao
Burmese and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Myanmar   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Myanmar   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Burma   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Mon   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Myanmar Language Commission   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Thai Language   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Pali Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
12   
9

How Many Consonants
27   
17
33   
23

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Tangut   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Arakanese   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,000,000.00   
24

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Tavoyan   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Myanmar   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
440,000.00   
30

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Intha   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Burma   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
43.00 million   
30

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
33.00 million   
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao   
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   

French Name
lao   
birman   

German Name
Laotisch   
Birmanisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bamar people   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1113 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Modern Burmese   

Language Position
Not Available   
43   
32

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Burmese sign language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
my   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
mya   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
bur   

ISO 639 3
lao   
mya   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
sout3159   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Analytic, Isolating   

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All Lao and Burmese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lao and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Burmese Speaking population

Lao and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Lao and Burmese on Lao vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Burmese Language Codes

Lao and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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