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Countries

Countries

Laos
China

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China

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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

Regulated By

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Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

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.
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.

Similar To

Thai Language
Uzbek Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Gokturk Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5336
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

289
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2727
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ässalamu läykum.

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
rakhmat

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
تۆنۈگۈن خەير

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
birdam

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
kachurung

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Khayr khosh

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
sizni yahshi kOrman

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Kachurung

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Turpan

Where They Speak

Laos
China

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Hotan

Where They Speak

Laos
China

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Lop Nur

Where They Speak

Laos
China

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0025,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

67
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million10.40 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million25.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)

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
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga

French Name

lao
ouïgour

German Name

Laotisch
Uigurisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Uyghur

History

Origin

1283 CE
11

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Turkic Family

Subgroup

Tai
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki

Standard Forms

Lao
Uyghur

Language Position

4398
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Signed Uyghur

Scope

Individual
-

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
ug

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
uig

ISO 639 2/B

lao
uig

ISO 639 3

lao
uig

ISO 639 6

lao
uig

Glottocode

laoo1244
uigh1240

Linguasphere

No data available
No data Available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
-

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Uyghur Alphabets

Lao and Uyghur Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Uyghur. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Uyghur Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Lao and Uyghur languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Uyghur are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Uyghur Speaking population

Lao and Uyghur speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Uyghur languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Uyghur Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uyghur language is 0.12 %. 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 Uyghur on Lao vs Uyghur where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Uyghur Language Codes

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