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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

Latin
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2127
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Thank you
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

How are you?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Bye
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

I love you
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

United States of America
Laos

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Central Lao

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1886
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

English
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

anglais
lao

German Name

Englisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

English people
Lao people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Lao

Language Position

343
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
lao

ISO 639 2/B

eng
lao

ISO 639 3

eng
lao

ISO 639 6

engs
lao

Glottocode

stan1293
laoo1244

Linguasphere

52-ABA
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Isolating

English and Lao Alphabets

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

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

English and Lao Speaking population

English and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of English and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Lao on English vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Lao Language Codes

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