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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
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
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating

Origin of Lao language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Lao language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Lao language states that it was put to use in 1283 CE. The history of Lao language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Lao Language History. Lao has no early forms. Lao is the standard form of Lao language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Lao Language.

Lao population

Lao population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Lao language. Lao language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Lao population lies in the Lao Speaking Countries. Lao language is spoken as first language by 25.00 million people and no total count of people speaking Lao as second language. Get to know Lao speaking population in detail.

Lao writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Lao writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Lao language. Some languages share common writing systems. Thai and Lao Braille script is used by Lao language. Learn more about . 

Information about Lao language

Check out all the information about Lao language here. You may find it interesting to learn Lao Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Lao Speaking Countries, Lao speaking continents and Lao Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Lao countries knowing common Lao Greetings will help you in communicating with Lao people.

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