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 in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2832
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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