Countries
Laos
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tagalog Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5328
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2723
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Kumusta
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Salamat
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kumusta
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
magandang gabi
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Magandang umaga
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mangyaring
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Paalam
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Bikol
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Waray
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %1.74 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
filipino
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
Pilipino
French Name
lao
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Laotisch
Pilipino
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Filipino people
Origin
1283 CE
16th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Filipino
Language Position
4334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
fil
ISO 639 2/B
lao
fil
ISO 639 3
lao
fil
ISO 639 6
lao
fil
Glottocode
laoo1244
fili1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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