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Lao
Khmer and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
53  
32
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28  
20
20  
17

How Many Consonants
27  
17
33  
23

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  
សូម  

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  
សូរី  

Bye
Sôhk dii der  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Central Lao  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

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
43  
40
1  
1

Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Lao and Khmer 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 Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Khmer Speaking population

Lao and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Lao vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Khmer Language Codes

Lao and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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