National Language
Indonesia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Nuhun
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Mangga
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Hapunten
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Punten
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Banten
Laos
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Bogor
Laos
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Bandung
Laos
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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
French Name
soundanais
lao
German Name
Sundanesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Not Available
Origin
5th century AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Lao
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sund1251
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Isolating
All Sundanese and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sundanese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Sundanese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sundanese are spoken in different Sundanese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sundanese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect, Northern dialect. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Sundanese and Lao Speaking population
Sundanese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sundanese and Lao on Sundanese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Sundanese and Lao Language Codes
Sundanese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
