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 in
Alphabets
3753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1228
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Xin loi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.14 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
75.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
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