Countries
Laos
  
China
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
China
  
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
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
birdam
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
China
  
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
10.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
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
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
lao
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
11
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Uyghur
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Uyghur Speaking population
Lao and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Lao vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Uyghur Language Codes
Lao and Uyghur language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Uyghur Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.