Countries
Countries
Laos
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2719
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6NA
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Bwakeye
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Urakoze
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Mwaramutse
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ndagusavye
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Not available
Bye
Sôhk dii der
N’agasaga
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Not available
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Not available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Laos
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ha
Where They Speak
Laos
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
NA990,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Shubi
Where They Speak
Laos
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
NA153,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.80 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NA0.13 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.80 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
íkiRǔndi
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
Not Available
French Name
lao
rundi
German Name
Laotisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
History
Origin
1283 CE
1500
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Kirundi
Language Position
NA86
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
lo
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
run
ISO 639 2/B
lao
run
ISO 639 3
lao
run
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available