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Countries

Countries

Laos
Thailand

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Thailand

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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos

Regulated By

-
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)

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.
  • Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
  • You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.

Similar To

Thai Language
Lao Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Khmer Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5344
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2832
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2744
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Thai

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)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
โปรด (Pord)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Bye

Sôhk dii der
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Isan

Where They Speak

Laos
Isan

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Northern Thai

Where They Speak

Laos
Northern Thailand

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Southern Thai

Where They Speak

Laos
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.004,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

69
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million60.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.85 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million20.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ภาษาไทย

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
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang

French Name

lao
thaï

German Name

Laotisch
Thailändisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese

History

Origin

1283 CE
1283 CE

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Tai
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Old Thai

Standard Forms

Lao
Thai

Language Position

4347
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Thai Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
th

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
tha

ISO 639 2/B

lao
tha

ISO 639 3

lao
tha

ISO 639 6

lao
tha

Glottocode

laoo1244
thai1261

Linguasphere

No data available
47-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Analytic, Isolating

Lao and Thai Alphabets

Lao and Thai Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Thai. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Lao and Thai languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Thai 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 Thai greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Thai are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Thai Speaking population

Lao and Thai speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Thai languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Thai Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 %. 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 Thai on Lao vs Thai where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Thai Language Codes

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