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Countries

Countries

Laos
Bhutan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bhutan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Regulated By

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Dzongkha Development 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.
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.

Similar To

Thai Language
Sikkimese Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Tibetan Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5395
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

285
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2730
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks38 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Kuzoozangpo La

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Kaadinchhey La

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
lek shom ay zim

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
བསྐྱར་མ་

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Tsip maza

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Log Jay Gay

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Nga cheu lu ga

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Tsip maza

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Laya

Where They Speak

Laos
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,100.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Lunana

Where They Speak

Laos
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00700.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Adap

Where They Speak

Laos
Bhutan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00130,000.00
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 million0.64 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million0.17 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million0.47 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)

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
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar

French Name

lao
dzongkha

German Name

Laotisch
Dzongkha

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Ngalop people

History

Origin

1283 CE
17th Century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family

Subgroup

Tai
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Branch

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Tibeto-Burman

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Dzongkha

Language Position

4331
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
dz

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
dzo

ISO 639 2/B

lao
dzo

ISO 639 3

lao
dzo

ISO 639 6

lao
dzo

Glottocode

laoo1244
nucl1307

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Dzongkha Alphabets

Lao and Dzongkha Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Dzongkha. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Dzongkha Alphabets there are 95 letters. To learn Lao and Dzongkha languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Dzongkha are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Dzongkha Speaking population

Lao and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Lao vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Dzongkha Language Codes

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