ສະບາຍດີ!
say it: “sah-bai-DEE”
Lao
in its own words: ພາສາລາວ
- Speakers
- 5 million (estimate)
- Family
- Kra-Dai
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
- Script
- Lao
- Official language
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
Fun fact
Lao and Thai are closely related and highly mutually intelligible; people in Laos routinely watch Thai television.