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Lao and Mongolian


Lao
Mongolian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
China, Mongolia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Turkish Language   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
13   
10

How Many Consonants
27   
17
20   
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Mongolia   

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Mongolia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
5.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

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   

French Name
lao   
mongol   

German Name
Laotisch   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
mon   

ISO 639 3
lao   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Lao and Mongolian 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 Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Mongolian Speaking population

Lao and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available. 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 Mongolian on Lao vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Mongolian Language Codes

Lao and Mongolian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Mongolian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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