Countries
Laos
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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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 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Laos
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Wu
Where They Speak
Laos
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Yue
Where They Speak
Laos
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
中文 (zhōngwén)
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
Not Available
German Name
Laotisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Han
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 Chinese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
All Lao and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Chinese Speaking population
Lao and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Lao vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Chinese Language Codes
Lao and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.