Countries
Indonesia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1927
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
76
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
466
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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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
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Lao
Language Position
5643
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
lao
ISO 639 2/B
ind
lao
ISO 639 3
ind
lao
ISO 639 6
ind
lao
Glottocode
indo1316
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating