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Lao

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Cebuano



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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Maayong Gabii

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Maayong Hapon

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Maayong Buntag

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Palihug

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ikasubo ko

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Babay

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Gihigugma ko ikaw

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Ekskyus mi

Dialects

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

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
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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

History

Origin

1283 CE
16th century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Tai
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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

Code

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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Lao and Cebuano Alphabets

Lao and Cebuano Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Cebuano. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Cebuano Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Lao and Cebuano languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Cebuano are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Cebuano Speaking population

Lao and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Lao vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Cebuano Language Codes

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