Countries
Laos
China
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Thai Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2727
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
rakhmat
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
birdam
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
kachurung
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Khayr khosh
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Turpan
Where They Speak
Laos
China
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Hotan
Where They Speak
Laos
China
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Laos
China
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0025,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
67
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million10.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
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
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
lao
ouïgour
German Name
Laotisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Uyghur
Origin
1283 CE
11
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Lao
Uyghur
Language Position
4398
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Uyghur
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
lo
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
uig
ISO 639 2/B
lao
uig
ISO 639 3
lao
uig
ISO 639 6
lao
uig
Glottocode
laoo1244
uigh1240
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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