Countries
Japan
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1427
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Laos
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Central Lao
Where They Speak
kansai
Laos
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.90 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Nihongo
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
japonais
lao
German Name
Japanisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Lao people
Origin
1185
1283 CE
Language Family
Japonic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Lao
Language Position
843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
lao
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
lao
ISO 639 3
jpn
lao
ISO 639 6
jpn
lao
Glottocode
nucl1643
laoo1244
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Isolating