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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

Good Afternoon

สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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)
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Thai and Lao Alphabets

Thai and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Thai and Lao. In Thai Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Thai and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Thai and Lao languages. The Thai phonology consist Thai vowels and Thai consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Thai greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Thai and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Thai 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 Thai and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Thai and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Thai are spoken in different Thai Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Thai vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Thai dialects include: Isan, Northern Thai. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Thai and Lao Speaking population

Thai and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Thai and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Thai and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Thai language is 0.85 % 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 Thai and Lao on Thai vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Thai and Lao Language Codes

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