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Lao

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Mongolian



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Countries

Countries

Laos
China, Mongolia

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Mongolia

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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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)

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.
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.

Similar To

Thai Language
Turkish Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5335
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2813
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2720
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Хэрэв (Kherev)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Баяртай (Bayartai)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Khalkha Mongolian

Where They Speak

Laos
Mongolia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Ordos Mongolian

Where They Speak

Laos
Mongolia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00123,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Khorchin Mongolian

Where They Speak

Laos
Mongolia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.005,700,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

68
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million5.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.14 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million5.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)

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
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat

French Name

lao
mongol

German Name

Laotisch
Mongolisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/

Ethnicity

Lao people
Mongols

History

Origin

1283 CE
1224-1225

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Mongolic family

Subgroup

Tai
Mongolian

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian

Standard Forms

Lao
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian

Language Position

4326
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
mn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
mon

ISO 639 2/B

lao
mon

ISO 639 3

lao
mon

ISO 639 6

lao
mon

Glottocode

laoo1244
mong1331

Linguasphere

No data available
part of 44-BAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Mongolian Alphabets

Lao and Mongolian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Mongolian. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Mongolian Alphabets there are 35 letters. To learn Lao and Mongolian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Mongolian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Mongolian Speaking population

Lao and Mongolian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Mongolian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Mongolian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 %. 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 Mongolian on Lao vs Mongolian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Mongolian Language Codes

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