1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
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
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
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
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
zoo hmo
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
zoo tav su
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kuv hlub koj
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
zam txim rau kuv
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA310,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,600,000.00
700
80000000
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?
25.00 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million3.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Hmong
5.3.3 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
Mong
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Hmong people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Hmong–Mien Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
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
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology