Countries
Laos
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Thai Language
Lao Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2820
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2733
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Khmer
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
សូម
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
សូរី
Bye
Sôhk dii der
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Laos
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Laos
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Laos
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
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
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
lao
khmer central
German Name
Laotisch
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
1283 CE
14
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Khmer
Language Position
431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
km
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
khm
ISO 639 2/B
lao
khm
ISO 639 3
lao
khm
ISO 639 6
lao
khm
Glottocode
laoo1244
khme1253
Linguasphere
No data available
48-ACB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating