1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Vietnam
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Chinese 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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Xin chào
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Cam on
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Bạn khỏe không?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Chúc ngủ ngon
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Chào buổi tối
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Chào buổi trưa
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Chào buổi sáng
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
xin vui lòng
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Xin lỗi
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
tôi yêu bạn
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Xin loi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Vietnamese
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
North-central Vietnamese
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Mid-Central Vietnamese
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million91.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million75.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
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
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Vietnamese sign languages
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
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