Countries
Laos
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Thai Language
Korean Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5399
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2714
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Laos
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hakata
Where They Speak
Laos
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kansai
Where They Speak
Laos
kansai
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
631
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.90 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
日本語
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
Nihongo
French Name
lao
japonais
German Name
Laotisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1283 CE
1185
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Lao
Japanese
Language Position
438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
lao
jpn
ISO 639 3
lao
jpn
ISO 639 6
lao
jpn
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic