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Countries

Countries

Laos

Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

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.

Similar To

Thai Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Sôhk dii der

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Laos

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Laos

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao

Where They Speak

Laos

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00
Rank: 44 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %
Rank: 46 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million
Rank: 54 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

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

French Name

lao

German Name

Laotisch

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Lao people

History

Origin

1283 CE

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Tai

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms

Standard Forms

Lao

Language Position

43
Rank: 40 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao

ISO 639 2/B

lao

ISO 639 3

lao

ISO 639 6

lao

Glottocode

laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating

Origin of Lao language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Lao language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Lao language states that it was put to use in 1283 CE. The history of Lao language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Lao Language History. Lao has no early forms. Lao is the standard form of Lao language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Lao Language.

Lao population

Lao population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Lao language. Lao language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Lao population lies in the Lao Speaking Countries. Lao language is spoken as first language by 25.00 million people and as second language by about 3.00 million people. Get to know Lao speaking population in detail.

Lao writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Lao writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Lao language. Some languages share common writing systems. Thai and Lao Braille script is used by Lao language. Learn more about . 

Information about Lao language

Check out all the information about Lao language here. You may find it interesting to learn Lao Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Lao Speaking Countries, Lao speaking continents and Lao Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Lao countries knowing common Lao Greetings will help you in communicating with Lao people.