National Language
Indonesia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Thai Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Terima kasih
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
mohon Untuk
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
maaf
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Permisi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Laos
Dialect 2
Balinese
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Laos
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Laos
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
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
indonésien
lao
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Lao people
Origin
7th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
Old Malay
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Lao
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
indo1316
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating
All Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Indonesian and Lao Speaking population
Indonesian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Lao on Indonesian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Indonesian and Lao Language Codes
Indonesian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Indonesian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.