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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Thailand
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Lao Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Khmer Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
44
Rank: 24 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
32
Rank: 21 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
44
Rank: 33 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Thai
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
3.5 Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
3.7 Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
โปรด (Pord)
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Isan
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Isan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
20,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Northern Thai
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Northern Thailand
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
6,000,000.00
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Southern Thai
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,500,000.00
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
60.00 million
Rank: 27 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.85 %
Rank: 23 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
20.00 million
Rank: 37 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
40.00 million
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ภาษาไทย
5.3.3 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
5.3.4 French Name
lao
thaï
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
Thailändisch
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Thai
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Thai
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
47
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
th
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
tha
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
tha
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
tha
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
thai1261
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
47-AAA-b
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 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 Not Available 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.

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