Countries
West Java
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1627
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Nuhun
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Mangga
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Hapunten
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Punten
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Banten
Laos
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Bogor
Laos
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Bandung
Laos
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
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
soundanais
lao
German Name
Sundanesisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Lao people
Origin
5th century AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Lao
Language Position
4243
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
lao
ISO 639 2/B
sun
lao
ISO 639 3
sun
lao
ISO 639 6
sun
lao
Glottocode
sund1251
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating