Countries
Laos
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
-
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Thai Language
Malay language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
286
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2719
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Halo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Terima kasih
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Apa kabar?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Selamat Pagi
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
mohon Untuk
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
maaf
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Permisi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Balinese
Where They Speak
Laos
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Laos
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
646
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Bahasa Melayu
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
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
lao
indonésien
German Name
Laotisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Indonesians
Origin
1283 CE
7th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Lao
Indonesian
Language Position
4356
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
ind
ISO 639 2/B
lao
ind
ISO 639 3
lao
ind
ISO 639 6
lao
ind
Glottocode
laoo1244
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative