Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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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
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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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2428
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2327
9
60
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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
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
960,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Wu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Laos
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Yue
Central Lao
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Laos
How Many People Speak
60,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
16.00 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
873.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
178.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
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
chinois
lao
German Name
Chinesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Han
Lao people
Origin
1250 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Lao
Language Position
143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zho
lao
ISO 639 2/B
chi
lao
ISO 639 3
zho
lao
ISO 639 6
zho
lao
Glottocode
sini1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating