Countries
Laos
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Thai Language
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2824
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2723
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Laos
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Wu
Where They Speak
Laos
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Yue
Where They Speak
Laos
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million178.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
中文 (zhōngwén)
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
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
lao
chinois
German Name
Laotisch
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Han
Origin
1283 CE
1250 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Chinese
Language Position
431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
zho
ISO 639 2/B
lao
chi
ISO 639 3
lao
zho
ISO 639 6
lao
zho
Glottocode
laoo1244
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating