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Countries

Countries

Laos
Myanmar

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Myanmar

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon

Regulated By

Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.

Similar To

Thai Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Pali Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5333
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2812
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2733
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Tangut

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Arakanese

Where They Speak

Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

How Many People Speak

NA2,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Tavoyan

Where They Speak

Laos
Myanmar

How Many People Speak

NA440,000.00
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Intha

Where They Speak

Laos
Burma

How Many People Speak

NA90,000.00
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

65
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million43.00 million
0.13 1200
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Speaking Population

NA0.50 %
0.11 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million33.00 million
0.13 873
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Second Language Speakers

NA10.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)

Alternative Names

Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa

French Name

lao
birman

German Name

Laotisch
Birmanisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available

Ethnicity

Not Available
Bamar people

History

Origin

1283 CE
1113 AD

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Tai
Tibeto-Burman

Branch

Not Available
Not Available

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese

Standard Forms

Lao
Modern Burmese

Language Position

NA43
1 120
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Signed Forms

Not Available
Burmese sign language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
my

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
mya

ISO 639 2/B

lao
bur

ISO 639 3

lao
mya

ISO 639 6

Not Available
Not Available

Glottocode

laoo1244
sout3159

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Analytic, Isolating

Lao and Burmese Alphabets

Lao and Burmese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Burmese. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Burmese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Lao and Burmese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Burmese languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Burmese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Burmese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Lao and Burmese 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 Lao and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Lao and Burmese Speaking population

Lao and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Lao and Burmese on Lao vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Burmese Language Codes

Lao and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.