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Tagalog
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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5325
18 247
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Magandang gabi po

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Magandang hapon po

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Magandang umaga po

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
pakiusap

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pinagsisisihan

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Paálam

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Iniibig kita

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million73.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million28.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million45.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

Origin

1283 CE
1593

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Tai
Indonesian

Branch

-
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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

Code

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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Lao and Tagalog Alphabets

Lao and Tagalog Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Tagalog. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Tagalog Alphabets there are 25 letters. To learn Lao and Tagalog languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Tagalog are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Tagalog Speaking population

Lao and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Lao vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Tagalog Language Codes

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