Countries
Laos
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Indonesia
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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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Thai Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2716
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Halo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Nuhun
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Wilujeng énjing
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mangga
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Hapunten
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Punten
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Laos
Banten
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Laos
Bogor
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Laos
Bandung
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Basa Sunda
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
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
lao
soundanais
German Name
Laotisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1283 CE
5th century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Sundanese
Language Position
4342
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
sun
ISO 639 2/B
lao
sun
ISO 639 3
lao
sun
ISO 639 6
lao
sun
Glottocode
laoo1244
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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