Countries
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
South America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
- 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
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2627
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Rimaykullayki
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Solpayki
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Allillanchu
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Allin tuta
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Wuynas nuchis
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Wuynas tardis
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Wuynus diyas
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
jamuspa
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Pampachaykuway
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Kuyayki
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Pampachaway
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Ancash
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Peru
Laos
How Many People Speak
920,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Huánuco
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Peru
Laos
How Many People Speak
190,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Yaru
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Peru
Laos
How Many People Speak
150,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
106
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.90 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.90 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Qhichwa
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
North La Paz Quechua
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
quechua
lao
German Name
Quechua-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈketʃwa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Quechua
Lao people
Origin
16th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Quechumaran Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Andean Equatorial
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Quechua
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Quechua
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
qu
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
que
lao
ISO 639 2/B
que
lao
ISO 639 3
que
lao
ISO 639 6
que
lao
Glottocode
quec1387
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, Synthetic
Isolating