Lao

E64990

Lao is the official and most widely spoken language of Laos, belonging to the Tai-Kadai language family and closely related to Thai.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Lao canonical 34
Lao language 20
Isan language 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai language
analytic language
language
tonal language
closelyRelatedTo Thai language
country Laos
hasDialect Lao self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central Lao

Lao self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northeastern Lao

Lao–Phuthai languages
surface form: Northern Lao

Lao–Phuthai languages
surface form: Southern Lao

Vientiane
surface form: Vientiane Lao
hasFeature classifier system
lack of grammatical gender
lack of verb conjugation for person
subject–verb–object word order
tones
use of particles for modality
influencedBy French
Pali
Sanskrit
Thai language
ISO639-1Code lo
ISO639-2Code lao
ISO639-3Code lao
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
surface form: Tai–Kadai language family
officialLanguageOf Laos
primaryWritingDirection left-to-right
region Southeast Asia
regulatingBody Government of Laos
surface form: Lao government (Ministry of Education and Sports)
scriptAncestor Khmer script
surface form: Old Khmer script
scriptOrigin Brahmic scripts
scriptType abugida
spokenIn Cambodia
Lao diaspora communities
Laos
Thailand
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
standardVarietyBasedIn Vientiane
subfamily Southwestern Tai
surface form: Southwestern Tai languages
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn Laos
usedIn education in Laos
government in Laos
mass media in Laos
usesAlphabet Lao script
surface form: Lao alphabet
usesNumeralSystem Lao numerals
writingSystem Lao script
writingSystemExcludes inherent spaces between words
writingSystemLacks capital letters

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahom language relatedTo Lao
this entity surface form: Lao language
Tai hasMemberLanguage Lao
Prime Minister of Laos nativeLanguage Lao
this entity surface form: Lao language
judiciary of Laos languageOfProceedings Lao
this entity surface form: Lao language
National Assembly languageOfProceedings Lao
subject surface form: National Assembly of Laos
this entity surface form: Lao language
Phonsavan languageUsed Lao