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Lao Language Facts
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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Sino-Tibetan |
| Branch: Tai |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: Laos |
| Region: Mekong River Valley from Luang Prabang south to the Cambodian border. The Lao Kao went to Thailand and are in Nan, Loei, Saraburi, and elsewhere; the Lao-Khrang are in the Nakhonsawan and Nakhon Pathom area. May also be in Viet Nam. Also spoken in Cambodia, Canada, Thailand, USA. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 3,000,000 in Laos (1991 UBS). Population total all countries 3,188,000 or more. Including second language speakers: 4,000,000 (1999 WA). |
| Countries Where Official: Laos |
| Native Speakers: 3,188,000 |
| Speakers Total: 4,000,000 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 19 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 19 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 93 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 134 |
| Three Letter Code: NOL |
| Alternative Names: LAOTIAN TAI, LAOTIAN, PHOU LAO, EASTERN THAI, LUM LAO, LAO WIANG, LAO KAO, RONG KONG, TAI LAO, LAO-TAI, L�O, LAO-LUM, LAO-NOI |
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| Summary: Dialect continuum with Northeastern Tai of Thailand. 100% monolingual. National language. SOV. Literacy rate in first language: 30% to 60%. Literacy rate in second language: 50% to 75%. Buddhist, traditional religion. Bible 1932, in press (1997). |
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