Countries
Laos
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5324
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2717
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Laos
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Laos
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Laos
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
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
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
lao
kazakh
German Name
Laotisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Kazahks
Origin
1283 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Kazakh
Language Position
4393
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
lao
kaz
ISO 639 3
lao
kaz
ISO 639 6
lao
kaz
Glottocode
laoo1244
kaza1248
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
Agglutinative