Countries
Laos
China, Mongolia
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
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Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
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
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Laos
Mongolia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
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German Name
Laotisch
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Mongolic family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
laoo1244
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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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.
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.
