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Countries

Countries

Laos
New Zealand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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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

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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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
pai ahiahi

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Afternoon pai

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Morning pai

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Tēnā

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Aroha mai

Bye

Sôhk dii der
poroporoaki

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Aroha ahau ki a koe

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
tukua ahau

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million0.18 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.01 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million0.18 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million0.10 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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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Lao and Maori Alphabets

Lao and Maori Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Maori. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Maori Alphabets there are 20 letters. To learn Lao and Maori languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Maori 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 Maori greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Maori are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Maori Speaking population

Lao and Maori speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Maori languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Maori Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maori language is 0.01 %. 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 Maori on Lao vs Maori where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Maori Language Codes

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