Countries
China
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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Interesting Facts
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
- 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
Uzbek Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Gokturk Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
928
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2727
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ässalamu läykum.
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
rakhmat
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
birdam
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
kachurung
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Khayr khosh
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
sizni yahshi kOrman
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Kachurung
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Turpan
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
China
Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hotan
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
China
Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Lop Nur
Central Lao
Where They Speak
China
Laos
How Many People Speak
25,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
76
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
10.40 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.20 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
25.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
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
ouïgour
lao
German Name
Uigurisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Uyghur
Lao people
Origin
11
1283 CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Uyghur
Lao
Language Position
9843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Uyghur
Lao Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
ug
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
uig
lao
ISO 639 2/B
uig
lao
ISO 639 3
uig
lao
ISO 639 6
uig
lao
Glottocode
uigh1240
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating