Lao and Indonesian Speaking countries

Lao and Indonesian as Minority Language

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

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

Lao and Indonesian Regulators

Lao and Indonesian speaking countries provide you Lao and Indonesian regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Lao is not regulated.Indonesian is regulated by Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa. Also get to learn, Lao and Indonesian Language History.

Lao and Indonesian Continents

Thinking about Lao and Indonesian continents in which Lao and Indonesian speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Lao and Indonesian. Most of the Lao speaking countries lie in Asia. While Indonesian 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 Indonesian languages:

Lao 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.

Indonesian 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.

The Lao language was derived from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages and is similar to Thai Language whereas Lao language is similar to Malay language and derived from Malay and Dutch Languages.