Countries
Laos
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Māori Language Commission
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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5320
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2710
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
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hello
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Night pai
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Morning pai
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Tēnā
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Aroha mai
Bye
Sôhk dii der
poroporoaki
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Laos
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Laos
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Laos
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
te Reo Māori
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
New Zealand Maori
French Name
lao
maori
German Name
Laotisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Māori people
Origin
1283 CE
1814
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Maori
Language Position
4326
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mri
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mao
ISO 639 3
lao
mri
ISO 639 6
lao
mri
Glottocode
laoo1244
maor1246
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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