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
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hakata
Where They Speak
Laos
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kansai
Where They Speak
Laos
kansai
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
German Name
Laotisch
Japanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Japonic Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Lao
Japanese
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Lao and Japanese 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 Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Japanese Speaking population
Lao and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Lao vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Japanese Language Codes
Lao and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.