Countries
Laos
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Thai Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
您好
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
谢谢
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
你好吗？
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
晚安
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
下午好
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
早上好
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
遗憾
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
我爱你
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Laos
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Laos
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Laos
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Kwang Tung Wa
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
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
lao
Not Available
German Name
Laotisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
1283 CE
17th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
lao
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
lao
Not Available
ISO 639 3
lao
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
cant1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available
All Lao and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Cantonese Speaking population
Lao and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Lao vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Cantonese Language Codes
Lao and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.