Language code: lo
Technical information about ISO 639 language code lo
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The table below provides technical details for the Lao language, designated by the lo code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Lao Native ພາສາລາວ |
| Family | Tai |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central Lao (Vientiane)Northern LaoSouthern Lao (Champasak–Savannakhet)Eastern Lao (Khammouane) |
| Related languages | ThaiIsanNorthern Thai (Kam Mueang)ShanTai Lue |
| Key facts | Vientiane Lao has six phonemic tonesThe Lao script is an abugida ultimately derived from Brahmi via KhmerLao grammar lacks inflection for tense, number or gender, relying on particles and contextLarge parts of the vocabulary come from Pali, Sanskrit and French loan-wordsNoun counting requires the use of measure classifiers. |
| Sample phrase | ສະບາຍດີ, ເຈົ້າສະບາຍດີບໍ? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
Lao belongs to the Kra-Dai language family, specifically to the Tai subgroup. It is the official language of Laos and is also used by the Lao-speaking population in parts of Thailand. It is written using the Lao script in Laos. It is estimated that there are more than 4 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Lao speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
lo-LA – Lao (Laos)
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- What is Localizely?
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- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
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- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ