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 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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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?
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
👆🏻
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
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
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
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating