Countries
Vietnam
  
Laos
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
Not Available
  
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
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
vietnamien
  
lao
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Isolating
  
Vietnamese and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Vietnamese and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Lao language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Lao Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Vietnamese and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.