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Lao and Indonesian


Lao
Indonesian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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 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.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
6   
3

How Many Consonants
27   
17
19   
9

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Halo   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
maaf   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Bahasa Melayu   

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   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
lao   
indonésien   

German Name
Laotisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
7th Century   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
ind   

ISO 639 3
lao   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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All Lao and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Indonesian Speaking population

Lao and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Lao vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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