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Countries

Countries

Laos
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Thai Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

285
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2721
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

67
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hello

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Thank you

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
How are you?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Night

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Good Morning

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Please

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Sorry

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Bye

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
I love you

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
American English

Where They Speak

Laos
United States of America

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Laos
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Laos
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

6188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
English

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
English

French Name

lao
anglais

German Name

Laotisch
Englisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Lao people
English people

History

Origin

1283 CE
5th Century AD

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tai
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Lao
Standard English

Language Position

433
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
eng

ISO 639 2/B

lao
eng

ISO 639 3

lao
eng

ISO 639 6

lao
engs

Glottocode

laoo1244
stan1293

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Lao and English Alphabets

Lao and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and English. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Lao and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and English Speaking population

Lao and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and English languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Lao vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and English Language Codes

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