1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Mongolia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Turkish Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
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
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Хэрэв (Kherev)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
Баяртай (Bayartai)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Khalkha Mongolian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ordos Mongolian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA123,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Khorchin Mongolian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million5.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
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
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Mongolic 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
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology