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Lao and Chinese Speaking countries


Lao
Lao
Chinese and Lao Speaking Countries


Countries

Countries
Laos  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Thai Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  
Not Available  

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Lao and Chinese as Minority Language

In Lao and Chinese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Lao and Chinese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Lao as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Chinese as minority language: Indonesia, Malaysia.

If you want to compare Lao and Chinese dialects, then you can go to Lao vs Chinese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Lao and Chinese Regulators

Lao and Chinese speaking countries provide you Lao and Chinese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Lao is not regulated.Chinese is regulated by Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council. Also get to learn, Lao and Chinese Language History.

Lao and Chinese Continents

Thinking about Lao and Chinese continents in which Lao and Chinese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Lao and Chinese. Most of the Lao speaking countries lie in Asia. While Chinese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Lao and Chinese languages:

Lao Interesting Facts:

Chinese Interesting Facts:

The Lao language was derived from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages and is similar to Thai Language whereas Lao language is similar to Not Available and derived from Not Available.

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