Countries
Laos
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2720
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Salama!
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Misaotra
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Maraina tsara
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
azafady
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Miala tsiny
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Veloma!
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Laos
Merina
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Laos
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Laos
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How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Fiteny Malagasy
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
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
lao
malgache
German Name
Laotisch
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Malagasy people
Origin
1283 CE
1000 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tai
Austronesian
Branch
-
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
standard Malagasy
Language Position
4384
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mlg
ISO 639 3
lao
mlg
ISO 639 6
lao
mlg
Glottocode
laoo1244
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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