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
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
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 in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Good Morning
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Please
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Sorry
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
I love you
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
American English
Where They Speak
Laos
United States of America
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Laos
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Laos
United Kingdom
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
German Name
Laotisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Lao people
English people
Origin
1283 CE
5th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard English
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic