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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
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
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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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