How many people speak Lao and Burmese?

Lao vs Burmese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Lao and Burmese, you will get to compare Lao vs Burmese speaking population. How many people speak Lao and Burmese gives you the number of people speaking Lao and Burmese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Lao language is 25.00 million and number of people speaking Burmese language is 43.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Lao is 0.22 % and speaking population of Burmese is 0.50 %. For more detailed difference check out Lao vs Burmese.

Lao native speakers vs Burmese native speakers

How many people speak Lao and Burmese languages tells about Lao native speakers vs Burmese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 25.00 million people speak Lao as native language while 33.00 million people speak Burmese as native language. You can also go to Lao vs Burmese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Lao and Burmese language. In some regions, Lao and Burmese languages are used as second language. There are 3.00 million speakers who use Lao as second language and 10.00 million speakers who use Burmese as second language.

Native Names of Lao and Burmese

Native names are used in the Lao and Burmese Speaking Countries. Both Lao and Burmese languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Lao and Burmese you will get to know the native names of Lao and Burmese languages. The native name of Lao is ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo) and native name of Burmese is ဗမာစကား (bama saka). The alternative names of Lao and Burmese languages are as follows:

• Lao alternative names are: Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
• Burmese alternative names are: Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

The French name of Lao is lao whereas German name of Lao is Laotisch. The German name of Burmese is Birmanisch whereas French name of Burmese is lao.