1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Lao Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Khmer Language
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
Thai
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
โปรด (Pord)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Northern Thai
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA6,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Thai
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million20.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ภาษาไทย
5.3.3 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
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating