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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Selamat pagi
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
sila
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
maaf
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Maafkan saya
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
624
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative