Countries
Laos
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Thai Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2716
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hoy
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Salamat
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Maayong Buntag
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Palihug
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Babay
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Boholano
Where They Speak
Laos
Bohol
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Laos
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
North Kana
Where They Speak
Laos
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Visayan
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
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
lao
cebuano
German Name
Laotisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Cebuano people
Origin
1283 CE
16th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
4362
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
lao
ceb
ISO 639 3
lao
ceb
ISO 639 6
lao
ceb
Glottocode
laoo1244
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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