1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malaysia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Indonesian Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Tamil Language
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Hai
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
terima kasih
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Apa khabar?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Selamat Malam
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Selamat Petang
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Selamat tengah hari
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Selamat pagi
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
Selamat tinggal
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Saya sayang kamu
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Maafkan saya
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,100,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million175.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Bahasa melayu
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
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Pluricentric Standard Malay
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology