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Lao
Lao
English vs Lao


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
33  
2

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

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
Good Morning  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
Please  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
Sorry  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
Bye  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
American English  

Where They Speak
Laos  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Laos  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

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  

French Name
lao  
anglais  

German Name
Laotisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1283 CE  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tai  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Lao  
Standard English  

Language Position
Not Available  
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lo  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
lao  
eng  

ISO 639 3
lao  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
laoo1244  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Lao and English Language History

Comparison of Lao vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and English language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Lao and English Language History.

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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.

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