1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
New Zealand
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Māori Language Commission
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Tahitian Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Mauruuru koutou
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
E pēhea ana koe ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Night pai
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
pai ahiahi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Afternoon pai
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Morning pai
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Aroha mai
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Aroha ahau ki a koe
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
tukua ahau
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
South Island Māori
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Western North Island Maori
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Eastern North Island Maori
Central Lao
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?
0.18 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
0.18 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
te Reo Māori
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
New Zealand Maori
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Māori people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai 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
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
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
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology