1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Iran
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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1.8 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.
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1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, NA
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
hello
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
how are you
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good night
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Good morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
i love you
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
excuse me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Feyli lurish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million0.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
nanme
5.3.3 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
Lori, Luri, Luristani
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology