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Lao and Tagalog


Lao
Tagalog and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
53   
32
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
18   
8

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Baybayin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
Magandang gabi po   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
Magandang hapon po   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
Magandang umaga po   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
pakiusap   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
Paálam   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Iniibig kita   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako   

Dialects

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   
90,000.00   
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
73.00 million   
24

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   
58   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Lao and Tagalog Speaking population

Lao and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Lao vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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