Countries
Myanmar
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Myanmar
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
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Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- 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
Thai Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Pali Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1228
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3327
9
60
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Scripts
Tangut
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Laos
How Many People Speak
440,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Intha
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Burma
Laos
How Many People Speak
90,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
43.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
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
birman
lao
German Name
Birmanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Lao people
Origin
1113 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Lao
Language Position
4343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
my
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
lao
ISO 639 2/B
bur
lao
ISO 639 3
mya
lao
ISO 639 6
mya
lao
Glottocode
sout3159
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating