Lao
Kra–Dai language of Southeast Asia
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Summary
Lao is a language[1]. Lao ranks in the top 0.73% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,035 views/month, #41 of 5,611).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Cambodia[3], Laos[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Southwestern Tai[6]
- Writing system: Lao[7]
- Commons category: Lao language[8]
- Wikimedia language code: lo[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lao language[10]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 5,225,552[11]
- Topic has template: Q112965556[12]
- Native label: ພາສາລາວ[13], ລາວ[14], ລາວ[15]
- Indigenous to: Banteay Meanchey Province[16], Prey Veng Province[17], Stung Treng Province[18], Svay Rieng Province[19], Luang Prabang Province[20], Isan/North eastern Thailand[21]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LAO[22]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[23]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[24], isolating language[25], noun-adjective[26], analytic language[27]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Lao-language films[28]
- Maintained by WikiProject: Obelepédia[29]
- Category for music in this language: Category:Lao-language music[30]
- P14541: 18npYx[31]
Why It Matters
Lao has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Lao is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]