Countries
Laos
  
Indonesia
  
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 in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Permisi
  
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
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.