Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Laos
National Language
China, Taiwan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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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 (Nín hǎo)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
请 (Qǐng)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Yue
Central Lao
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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
German Name
Chinesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Han
Not Available
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sini1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating
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.