Countries
Thailand
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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Interesting Facts
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
- 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
Lao Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Khmer Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
3228
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4427
9
60
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Scripts
Thai
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
โปรด (Pord)
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Isan
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Isan
Laos
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Thai
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Northern Thailand
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Southern Thai
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Laos
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
96
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.85 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
20.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
40.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ภาษาไทย
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
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
thaï
lao
German Name
Thailändisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Lao people
Origin
1283 CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Tai
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Thai
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Thai
Lao
Language Position
4743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Thai Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
th
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tha
lao
ISO 639 2/B
tha
lao
ISO 639 3
tha
lao
ISO 639 6
tha
lao
Glottocode
thai1261
laoo1244
Linguasphere
47-AAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating