Countries
Laos
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
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Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Thai Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5325
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2718
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Baybayin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Kamusta
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Salamat po
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Magandang umaga po
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
pakiusap
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Paálam
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Laos
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Filipino
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Tagalog
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
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
lao
tagalog
German Name
Laotisch
Tagalog
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Tagalog people
Origin
1283 CE
1593
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Lao
Filipino
Language Position
4358
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
lao
tgl
ISO 639 3
lao
tg1
ISO 639 6
lao
tgl
Glottocode
laoo1244
taga1269
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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