Countries
Laos
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
Not Available
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hai
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
terima kasih
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Selamat pagi
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
sila
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
maaf
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Laos
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Pekal
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Musi
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
German Name
Laotisch
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Lao
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
All Lao and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Malaysian Speaking population
Lao and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian 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 Malaysian on Lao vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Malaysian Language Codes
Lao and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.