Countries
Laos
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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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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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
288
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2716
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)
Kia ora
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Laafi bala
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Kia ora
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Ne y yibeogo
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
gafare
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
gafare
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Laos
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Saremde
Where They Speak
Laos
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Taolende
Where They Speak
Laos
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Mosse
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
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
lao
moré
German Name
Laotisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Mossi
Origin
1283 CE
11th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Mossi
Language Position
4337
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
mos
ISO 639 2/B
lao
mos
ISO 639 3
lao
mos
ISO 639 6
lao
mos
Glottocode
laoo1244
moss1236
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
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