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Lao
Lao

Malaysian
Malaysian



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Countries

Countries

Laos
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malaysia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand

Regulated By

-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka

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.
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.

Similar To

Thai Language
Indonesian Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Tamil Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

286
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2724
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

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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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hai

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
terima kasih

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Apa khabar?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Selamat Malam

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Selamat Petang

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Selamat tengah hari

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Selamat pagi

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
sila

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
maaf

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Selamat tinggal

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Saya sayang kamu

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Maafkan saya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Bengkulu

Where They Speak

Laos
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Pekal

Where They Speak

Laos
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0030,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Musi

Where They Speak

Laos
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.003,100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

624
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million175.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %1.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million77.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million98.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Bahasa melayu

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
Bahasa Malaysia

French Name

lao
malais

German Name

Laotisch
Malaiisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Malaysian people

History

Origin

1283 CE
c. 683 AD

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Tai
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,

Standard Forms

Lao
Pluricentric Standard Malay

Language Position

4354
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
ms

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
msa

ISO 639 2/B

lao
may

ISO 639 3

lao
zsm

ISO 639 6

lao
may

Glottocode

laoo1244
stan1306

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
Agglutinative

Lao and Malaysian Alphabets

Lao and Malaysian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Malaysian. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Lao and Malaysian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Malaysian languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Malaysian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Malaysian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Malaysian Speaking population

Lao and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Lao vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Malaysian Language Codes

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