National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Thai Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ND
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ND
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ND
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ND
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ND
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ND
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ND
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ND
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ND
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Laos
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Laos
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Laos
Cambodia, Thailand
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
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
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
lao
khmer central
German Name
Laotisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
Not Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Lao and Khmer 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 Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Khmer Speaking population
Lao and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Lao vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Khmer Language Codes
Lao and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.