Countries
Laos
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Tagalog
  
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
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
lao
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1593
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available