Countries
Laos
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
43.00 million
  
30
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
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
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
lao
  
birman
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Lao and Burmese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Burmese language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Burmese Difficulty
The Lao vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Burmese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.