Countries
Laos
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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 widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Thai Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5331
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2726
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Solpayki
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Allillanchu
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Wuynus diyas
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
jamuspa
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Ancash
Where They Speak
Laos
Peru
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Huánuco
Where They Speak
Laos
Peru
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Yaru
Where They Speak
Laos
Peru
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Qhichwa
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
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
lao
quechua
German Name
Laotisch
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Quechua
Origin
1283 CE
16th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Tai
Andean Equatorial
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Quechua
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
que
ISO 639 2/B
lao
que
ISO 639 3
lao
que
ISO 639 6
lao
que
Glottocode
laoo1244
quec1387
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
Agglutinative, Synthetic