1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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 widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
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
1.2.1 Time Taken to Learn
2 Greetings
2.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Rimaykullayki
2.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Solpayki
2.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Allillanchu
2.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Allin tuta
2.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Wuynas nuchis
2.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Wuynas tardis
2.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Wuynus diyas
2.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Not Available
2.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Pampachaykuway
2.10 Bye
2.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kuyayki
2.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pampachaway
3 Dialects
3.1 Dialect 1
3.1.1 Where They Speak
3.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA920,000.00
1.5
960000000
3.2 Dialect 2
3.2.1 Where They Speak
3.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA190,000.00
700
80000000
3.6 Dialect 3
3.6.1 Where They Speak
3.6.2 How Many People Speak
NA150,000.00
1400
96000000
3.7 Total No. Of Dialects
4 How Many People Speak
4.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.90 million
0.13
1200
4.2 Speaking Population
4.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million8.90 million
0.13
873
4.3.1 Second Language Speakers
4.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Qhichwa
4.3.3 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
North La Paz Quechua
4.3.4 French Name
4.3.5 German Name
4.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
4.5 Ethnicity
5 History
5.1 Origin
5.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Quechumaran Family
5.2.1 Subgroup
5.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
5.3 Language Forms
5.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
5.3.2 Standard Forms
5.3.3 Language Position
5.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
5.4 Scope
6 Code
6.1 ISO 639 1
6.2 ISO 639 2
6.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
6.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
6.3 ISO 639 3
6.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
6.5 Glottocode
6.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
6.7 Types of Language
6.7.1 Language Type
6.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
6.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic