Countries
Countries
Laos
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
5
10
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Thai Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
53
32
40
21
Phonology
How Many Vowels
28
20
21
18
How Many Consonants
27
17
19
9
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
88 weeks
13
Greetings
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Jeju
Where They Speak
Laos
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
10,000.00
99+
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Laos
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
10,000,000.00
9
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Laos
China, North Korea
Total No. Of Dialects
6
6
12
12
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
40
77.00 million
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
1.14 %
16
Native Speakers
25.00 million
32
77.00 million
12
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
한국어 (조선말)
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
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
lao
coréen
German Name
Laotisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Koreans
History
Origin
1283 CE
Before 1st century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Lao
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
Not Available
12
11
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
lo
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
kor
ISO 639 2/B
lao
kor
ISO 639 3
lao
Kor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
