Countries
Laos
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Thai Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5337
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
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)
Xin chào
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Cam on
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
xin vui lòng
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Xin lỗi
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Tạm biệt
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Laos
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Laos
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Laos
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
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
vietnamien
German Name
Laotisch
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Lao people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1440
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
4314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
vie
ISO 639 2/B
lao
vie
ISO 639 3
lao
vie
ISO 639 6
lao
vie
Glottocode
laoo1244
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating