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Countries

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

-
-

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5333
18 247
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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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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Wilujeng wengi

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Wilujeng siang

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Wilujeng énjing

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Mangga

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Hapunten

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Wilujeng angkat

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Punten

Dialects

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
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Priangan dialect

Where They Speak

Laos
Bandung

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

66
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million39.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.57 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million38.00 million
0 873
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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

History

Origin

1283 CE
5th century AD

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indonesian

Branch

-
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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

Code

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

Isolating
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Lao and Sundanese Alphabets

Lao and Sundanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Sundanese. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Sundanese Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Lao and Sundanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Sundanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Sundanese Speaking population

Lao and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Lao vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Sundanese Language Codes

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