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Filipino

Lao
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Countries

Countries

Philippines
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Philippines
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Philippines
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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Interesting Facts

  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  • 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

Tagalog Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Spanish Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2853
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

528
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2327
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumusta
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Salamat
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Kumusta
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

magandang gabi
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Magandang gabi
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Magandang hapon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Magandang umaga
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Mangyaring
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

pinagsisisihan
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Paalam
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Mahal kita
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

patawarin ninyo ako
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bikol
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Philippines
Laos

How Many People Speak

100,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiligaynon
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Philippines
Laos

How Many People Speak

8,200,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Waray
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Philippines
Laos

How Many People Speak

2,600,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

86
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

90.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.74 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

45.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

45.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

filipino
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Pilipino
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

filipino; pilipino
lao

German Name

Pilipino
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Filipino people
Lao people

History

Origin

16th Century
1283 CE

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Filipino
Lao

Language Position

3443
1 120
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Signed Forms

Filipino Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No Data Available
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fil
lao

ISO 639 2/B

fil
lao

ISO 639 3

fil
lao

ISO 639 6

fil
lao

Glottocode

fili1244
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No Data Available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Isolating

Filipino and Lao Alphabets

Filipino and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Filipino and Lao. In Filipino Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Filipino and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Filipino and Lao languages. The Filipino phonology consist Filipino vowels and Filipino consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Filipino greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Filipino and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Filipino and Lao Speaking population

Filipino and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Lao on Filipino vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Lao Language Codes

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