Countries
Laos
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
Similar To
Thai Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5374
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2814
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2760
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
69
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
thov
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Nyob zoo
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Laos
Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Laos
China
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Laos
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million3.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Hmong
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
Mong
French Name
lao
hmong
German Name
Laotisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Hmong people
Origin
1283 CE
19
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Tai
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Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Hmong
Language Position
4324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
lao
hmn
ISO 639 3
lao
hmv
ISO 639 6
lao
hmn
Glottocode
laoo1244
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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