Countries
Laos
Turkey, Uzbekistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2724
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Salom
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Rakhmat
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Qalay siz?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Hayirli tun
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Hayirli kech
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Hayirli kun
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Hayirli tong
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Iltimos
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Kechiring!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Xayr
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Sizni sevaman
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Iltimos! Menga qarang
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Tashkent
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0032,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Afghan
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0032,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ferghana
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0032,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.39 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million26.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million32.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
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
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
lao
ouszbek
German Name
Laotisch
Usbekisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[oʻzbek]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Uzbek
Origin
1283 CE
9th–12th centuries AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Turkic
Branch
-
Southestern(Chagatai)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Chagatay
Standard Forms
Lao
Uzbek
Language Position
4353
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Uzbek
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
uz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
uzb
ISO 639 2/B
lao
uzb
ISO 639 3
lao
uzb
ISO 639 6
lao
uzb
Glottocode
laoo1244
uzbe1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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