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Countries

Countries

Vietnam
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Vietnam
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

Interesting Facts

  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  • 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

Chinese Language
Thai Language

Derived From

Chinese Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3753
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1228
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2127
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

-
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

Xin chào
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Cam on
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Bạn khỏe không?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

Chúc ngủ ngon
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

Chào buổi trưa
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Chào buổi sáng
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

xin vui lòng
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Xin lỗi
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Tạm biệt
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

tôi yêu bạn
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Xin loi
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Vietnamese
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Laos

How Many People Speak

76,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

North-central Vietnamese
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Laos

How Many People Speak

76,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mid-Central Vietnamese
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Laos

How Many People Speak

76,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

56
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

91.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.14 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

75.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

tiếng việt (㗂越)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
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

vietnamien
lao

German Name

Vietnamesisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Lao people

History

Origin

c. 1440
1283 CE

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

-
Tai

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Vietnamese
Lao

Language Position

1443
1 120
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Signed Forms

Vietnamese sign languages
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

vi
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

vie
lao

ISO 639 2/B

vie
lao

ISO 639 3

vie
lao

ISO 639 6

vie
lao

Glottocode

viet1252
laoo1244

Linguasphere

46-EBA
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

Vietnamese and Lao Alphabets

Vietnamese and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Vietnamese and Lao. In Vietnamese Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Vietnamese and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Vietnamese and Lao languages. The Vietnamese phonology consist Vietnamese vowels and Vietnamese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Vietnamese greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Vietnamese and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Vietnamese and Lao Speaking population

Vietnamese and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Lao on Vietnamese vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Lao Language Codes

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