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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Vietnam
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
About Spanish L..
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Vietnam
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Czech Republic
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Chinese Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Chinese Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
About Tamil Lan..
37
Rank: 19 (Overall)
53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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12
Rank: 9 (Overall)
28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Xin chào
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Cam on
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
xin vui lòng
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Xin lỗi
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Tạm biệt
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Xin loi
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Laos
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Laos
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
91.00 million
Rank: 16 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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1.14 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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75.00 million
Rank: 14 (Overall)
25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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16.00 million
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 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
5.3.4 French Name
vietnamien
lao
5.3.5 German Name
Vietnamesisch
Laotisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1440
1283 CE
6.2 Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tai
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 13 (Overall)
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
vi
lo
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
vie
lao
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
vie
lao
7.3 ISO 639 3
vie
lao
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
viet1252
laoo1244
7.6 Linguasphere
46-EBA
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 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 Not Available. 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.

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