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Lao
English and Lao


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
1  
14
33  
2

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
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
21  
11

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

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
3,000,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Laos  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

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
43  
40
3  
3

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  

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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.

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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.

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