Countries
Laos
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Thai Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
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
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Halo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
matur nuwun
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
piye kabare?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Sugeng énjing
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
tolong
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Pamit
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kangean
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bawean
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.23 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million15.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million14.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Madurese
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
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
lao
madourais
German Name
Laotisch
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[madura]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Madurese
Origin
1283 CE
8th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Madurese
Language Position
4369
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mad
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mad
ISO 639 3
lao
mad
ISO 639 6
lao
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Glottocode
laoo1244
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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