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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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