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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
5
Rank: 10 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
China, Taiwan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  • 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
Not Available
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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24
Rank: 19 (Overall)
28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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23
Rank: 13 (Overall)
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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88 weeks
Rank: 13 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
请 (Qǐng)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Mandarin
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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960,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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80,000,000.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Yue
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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60,000,000.00
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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1,051.00 million
Rank: 2 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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16.00 %
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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873.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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178.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
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
chinois
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Chinesisch
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Han
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
1250 BC
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 1 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
zh
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
zho
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
chi
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
zho
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
sini1245
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating

Chinese and Lao Alphabets

Chinese and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chinese and Lao. In Chinese Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Chinese and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chinese and Lao languages. The Chinese phonology consist Chinese vowels and Chinese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chinese greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chinese and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chinese 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 Chinese and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chinese and Lao Speaking population

Chinese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Lao on Chinese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Lao Language Codes

Chinese and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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