1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Indonesia
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
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
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, Sundanese
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Hapunten
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Western dialect
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
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?
39.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
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
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
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
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology