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Malaysian

Lao
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Countries

Countries

Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Malaysia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  • 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.

Similar To

Indonesian Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Tamil Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

628
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2427
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hai
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

terima kasih
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Apa khabar?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Selamat Malam
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

Selamat Petang
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

Selamat tengah hari
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Selamat pagi
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

sila
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

maaf
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Selamat tinggal
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Saya sayang kamu
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Maafkan saya
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bengkulu
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Laos

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Pekal
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Laos

How Many People Speak

30,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Musi
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Indonesia
Laos

How Many People Speak

3,100,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

246
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

175.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.16 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

77.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

98.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Bahasa melayu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Bahasa Malaysia
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao

French Name

malais
lao

German Name

Malaiisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Malaysian people
Lao people

History

Origin

c. 683 AD
1283 CE

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Malay
Lao

Language Position

5443
1 120
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Signed Forms

Malaysian Sign Language
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ms
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

msa
lao

ISO 639 2/B

may
lao

ISO 639 3

zsm
lao

ISO 639 6

may
lao

Glottocode

stan1306
laoo1244

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Isolating

Malaysian and Lao Alphabets

Malaysian and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Malaysian and Lao. In Malaysian Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Malaysian and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Malaysian and Lao languages. The Malaysian phonology consist Malaysian vowels and Malaysian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Malaysian greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Malaysian and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Malaysian and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Malaysian and Lao Speaking population

Malaysian and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Lao on Malaysian vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Lao Language Codes

Malaysian and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.