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 in
Alphabets
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %
Rank: 46 (Overall)
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
Rank: 54 (Overall)
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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