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Lao vs Japanese


Lao
Lao
Japanese vs Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
53  
32
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
14  
4

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.90 %  
10

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)  

History

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  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Lao and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Lao vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Lao and Japanese language. History of Lao language states that this language originated in 1283 CE whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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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.

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