1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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
Dagbani 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
Kia ora
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Laafi bala
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Ne y yungo
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
ne y zabre
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Kia ora
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
gafare
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Y gafare
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
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?
7.60 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Mosse
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
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
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
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