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
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
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hello
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Thank you
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
How are you?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Night
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Good Morning
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Please
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Sorry
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
I love you
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
American English
Where They Speak
Laos
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Laos
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Laos
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
English
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
German Name
Laotisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
1283 CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard English
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
laoo1244
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Lao and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and English language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs English Difficulty
The Lao vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.