1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
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
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)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1,200.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million400.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
English
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
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European 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
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
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
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, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic