Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Laos
National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
您好
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
谢谢
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
你好吗？
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
晚安
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
晚上好
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
下午好
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
早上好
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Sorry
遗憾
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
我爱你
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
原谅我
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Laos
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Laos
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Laos
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
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
cantonais
lao
German Name
Kantonesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Lao people
Origin
17th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Lao Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 3
No data available
lao
Glottocode
cant1236
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Lao Speaking population
Cantonese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. 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 Cantonese and Lao on Cantonese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Lao Language Codes
Cantonese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.