ISO 639-3 · laolao
Kra–Dai family
Lao
ພາສາລາວ
Lao is a language of the Southwestern Tai branch (Kra–Dai), spoken in Laos and Cambodia. Wikidata counts about 5.2 m speakers (2006). Wikidata describes it as “Kra–Dai language of Southeast Asia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
lao- ISO 639-1
lo- Glottocode
laoo1244- Family
- Kra–Dai
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- 20.00, 103.00
- Wikipedia
- 114 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
4levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Kra–Dai to Lao
The branches above Lao, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Laos
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