Countries
Laos
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2733
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Laos
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Intha
Where They Speak
Laos
Burma
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
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
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
lao
birman
German Name
Laotisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Bamar people
Origin
1283 CE
1113 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Burmese
Language Position
4343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mya
ISO 639 2/B
lao
bur
ISO 639 3
lao
mya
ISO 639 6
lao
mya
Glottocode
laoo1244
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating