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
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
German Name
Laotisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
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.
