Countries
Laos
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5332
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2720
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Kablaaw
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Agyamanak
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Kumusta?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Naimbag a bigat
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
mangngegda
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Agpakawanak
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Pakada
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Balangao
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not present
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
ilokano
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
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
lao
ilocano
German Name
Laotisch
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Ilocano people
Origin
1283 CE
18th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
4394
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
lao
ilo
ISO 639 3
lao
ilo
ISO 639 6
lao
ilo
Glottocode
laoo1244
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
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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