Countries
Laos
  
Japan
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
日本語
  
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
  
japonais
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
1185
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Lao and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Japanese language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Japanese Difficulty
The Lao vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.