Countries
Laos
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2719
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Urakoze
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Mwaramutse
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ndasubiza
Bye
Sôhk dii der
N’agasaga
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Laos
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ha
Where They Speak
Laos
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Shubi
Where They Speak
Laos
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
íkiRǔndi
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
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
lao
rundi
German Name
Laotisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1283 CE
1500
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Kirundi
Language Position
4386
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
lo
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
run
ISO 639 2/B
lao
run
ISO 639 3
lao
run
ISO 639 6
lao
run
Glottocode
laoo1244
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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