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 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
-
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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Mangyaring
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Paalam
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Mahal kita
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.74 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
45.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating