Just how similar are Thai and Lao language? - The answer will surprise you!

As a Thai person, I always wondered how similar Lao and Thai language are. I've heard they are very similar and that I'll be able to understand almost everything.
In this video, during my trip to Laos, I spoke to many people from Lao to see what amount I'd be able to understand. From my experience, I was able to understand around 80% and everyone I spoke to was able to understand Thai.
I also asked the Lao people about the similarities between Lao and Isan language.
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[@munfomalhaut]

Laos people say 'Sa-Bai-Dee,' which is equivalent to 'Sa-Wad-Dee' in Thai. They don't use 'Sa-Bai-Dee-Bor' for greeting. Saying 'Sa-Bai-Dee-Bor' is more like asking 'How are you?' rather than just saying 'Hello,' similar to the Thai Isan language.

[@sonevongkot6046]

Isan people are originated from Lao, have Lao blood line, but wanted to be Thai more.

[@ชัชฎาภรณ์เวชกามา-ด6ต]

How did you know Thai originated from Lao

[@yodaDageezy]

@@ชัชฎาภรณ์เวชกามา-ด6ตIsan use to be part of Laos.

[@rspoetry838]

I love to learn language. Indonesian is almost similar with Malaysian, Malay Singaporean, Brunei Darussalam, and some Malay in Thailand.

[@paaome]

If you can understand Isan language, you can also understand Laos.

[@PrawPay]

I always see Lao and Thai similar but, well I don’t need is an I’m a Thai people and can translate Lao

[@macinhiodasilva]

Isaan language is actually lao language, just written in thai letters

[@KrazyPeople-ux2mn]

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[@SwitzerlandBaller]

ສະບາຍດີພີ່ນ້ອງ ຂ້ອຍເວົ້າພາສາລາວໄດ້=hi bro I can speak laos

[@sutthikhun]

Some linguists would consider the modern-day Isan dialect as a variety of Lao, which both of them are ones of the Lao-Phuthai languages, while Standard Thai is one of the Chiang Saen languages.

[@markc915]

The gentleman's understanding of you is impressive, likely because his knowledge of Thai surpasses your grasp of Lao. Thank you for sharing!

[@skronger]

Polyglot Grace: Thanks for your attention to detail, and summary of words at the end of this video. I worked in 6 China universities, but now want to move to Nong Khai. Possibly I'd buy a bike in Laos capital city. I hear a few words similar to Chinese Mandarin.

[@ITravelSale]

I am a English speaker that have been coming to visit Thailand for 17 years and I can speak and understand a fair amount of Thai language When i first met my Wife and we were a new couple I took her to Laos with me To the Capital Vientiane she had never been there Before. I was Very surprised She could undertsand Laos peoples language My Wife told me She could right away understand about 80% of what they say .

[@MelodyFromTheHeart]

อยากให้ไปเมืองสิบสองปันนาทางตอนใต้ของจีน ที่นั่นก็มีวัฒนธรรมและภาษาคล้ายๆ ไทยเหมือนกัน

[@charmingpea]

I am somewhat amazed as a Farang who is moderately fluent in Thai and a little capable in Pasaa Nuea, I understood a very large amount of this! Really enjoy your videos!

[@polyglotgrace]

Thank you!

[@juliettedegeorges479]

Hi Grace, I really loved your video. I was born in Thaïland (Nongkhai) from Lao Parents but raised in France and I could perfectly understand and speak both Lao and Thaï language 🙂

[@polyglotgrace]

Nice! Thank you

[@KrazyPeople-ux2mn]

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[@ແຄ່ຜູ້ສົ່ງທາງ]

@@polyglotgraceSame here…I could understand northern of Thailand 80% and also southern Thailand 50 %by the way I’m Laotian…Thai Bangkok 95%,Isaan 100%…😁

[@ແຄ່ຜູ້ສົ່ງທາງ]

I only need three months to understand all the northern Thailand and southern Thailand.

[@Whiteboyney]

while im Cambodian i also got some words here especially the "maen" one is "yes" or can be referred as "true" in my language anyway it's such a nice video😁😁

[@Astral0muffiN]

"Maen" is mostly only used in the affirmative sense to mean yes, as when saying "correct" or "true" while "Doi" actually means yes.

[@TonaldDrumppp]

go away khmer, Thai Lao ONLY

[@karynvon195]

I never learned Thai . I was born in Laos and raised in the USA at age of 1 yrs old. There are words that I don’t say like him , but I can , but similar to Esan / or Thai because it depends on what region and dialects you from. I understand both languages without even learning thru TV, Etc. but from my parents and family.

[@CoJampee]

I was just in Vientiane, as a Thai speaker I was able to pick up the language in less than two weeks. Mind you, only spoken language not written.

[@ksay6950]

I am Lao. I can speak the language, although I struggle, but I understand it very well when spoken.

[@GalileoGal-o4f]

Absolutely fun to watch, this video! Great intro, great energy from the teacher and it's so refreshing to find content from someone who's a native. Speaking of learning, if anyone's interested in diving deeper into Thai, I've been using apps like Ling and Pocket Thai Master to expand my knowledge. They've been incredibly helpful in making learning accessible and fun. Just thought I'd share :) Keep up the great work with these videos - Love from UK!

[@BillyBP26]

Thank you for this video. I am a second generation Lao-American; my mother always spoke Lao to me, but would watch Thai lakorn dramas all the time, so I was able to pick up some Thai words along the way. It is very true that Laotian people consume a lot of Thai culture/media and thus can easily understand the Thai language, whereas a Thai person might need to study a bit to pick up on all the vocabulary differences.

[@KrazyPeople-ux2mn]

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[@ahhwe-any7434]

I'm the first generation and I don't understand anything! I'm jk. I hafta really zone in. In my defense, they were learning English when I was born here. I always had to translate in English when we were out and about or trying to buy things & now it's just easier for me to understand than it is for me to speak it. Plus, I grew up in the Midwest so it's not like there was southeast culture around or anything. About 95% of my upbringing, I was definitely speaking more English. It's not that my parents didn't have lao friends, it's just that I only saw them on occasions. Get together, events, those things. & It's only my dad's side that's in the states but also far away. Scattered out everywhere. Our vacations were only in FL. Where I was born. Where his parents & brothers were. He has like 1 sis but was in Texas & I only saw once my entire life. But only bc she was traveling through. I remember thinking she had left & I went to go watch mtv, in the middle of the night, not wearing much & acting like a dork, in the living room. & I absolutely did not know she was sleeping there, oops 🤦🏻‍♀️😅. Maybe some in Washington, ,,Idek. But I didn't even make it half way through & me trying to brush up on anything, while actually brushing up is like 🤨 his close must be the opposite of far bc dude what? Also, my mom loved those soaps. I think. But they were always singing in em too. I can still hear their music in my head but I think my mom liked older romantic songs. Like just drawn out annoying music :/. I remember 1 of her friends sons loved those action filled fight things. Also, me just having a baby & adoring her everything that prob just sounds weird ash to other ppl is like ugh, I remember my mom singing the most inappropriate thing to me. although I'm sure she thought she was being cute. About me being cute, idk. But that song was out there. Dis bish (for the other languages, u'll understand where I'm coming from...) she'd legitimately sing he muhn Ka thoy thoy ? He muhn ka juhn juhn. Something like that. I think I know where my extra ness comes from. Not really... I haven't spoken to her in decades. She's a complete psycho! Idkwy I felt the need to share that but every day its almost like an identity crisis out here. At least it feels like it to me. Now I'm out in the country. Yeehaw.

[@TonaldDrumppp]

@@ahhwe-any7434 jesus christ, did anyone ask for your life story?!?!

[@tiff-toe]

Great video! , I’m Laotian and I can speak Thai fluently, however I can not write Thai 😅

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

But if you can write Lao, then you could quickly learn to write Thai.

[@winnerwinnerchickendinner8809]

Isan part of Thailand used to be laos after the French pulled out they divided the country right in the middle of Mekong river

[@bernardointerponti1186]

Sabaidee: Hello Sabaidee bo: How are you

[@davehobwest]

English speaker here. It's nice to hear that there are connections to be drawn between Thai and Lao that make it easier to learn, given that you already can speak Thai. I found it the same way when I learned Spanish--as an English speaker--many years ago. (My Spanish is super rusty and unused. Don't test me. :)) The grammar is a bit quirky, but memorizing vocabulary is in many cases super easy because of similarities either directly to the words, or to some English synonym of the word. Learning Thai now (living in Bangkok), and those 'easy to draw connections' with vocabulary words are extremely rare to non-existent from English to Thai (grrr). I'd like to learn some Lao/Isaan some time, but that's a project for a lot further down the road. Still working my way through Maanii at this point. :)

[@nattananchunbunluesook8474]

"How similar is the Thai language to Laos language?" Very in fact, as a Thai, sometimes I would hop on to Laos National Radio and would understand 100%

[@muhammadfarizakbar7650]

Is it happen vice versa? Lao understand Thai?

[@nattananchunbunluesook8474]

@@muhammadfarizakbar7650 pretty much

[@muhammadfarizakbar7650]

@@nattananchunbunluesook8474 this condition is similar to Indonesian tryna speak Indonesian to Malaysian, and Malaysian using Malay to Indonesian How interesting

[@chrisbunka]

My main question in the first part of the video was how similar were the writing systems of Thai and Lao? Thankfully the question was answered halfway through. I was also glad to see that a little boy was wearing an Arsenal jersey.

[@zenosyne7920]

Growing up in Bangkok and I would visit my grandpararents in Nong Khai and Mukdahan, it was so normal that it never occurred to me how well I understand Isan. Looking at this video I understood everything in Lao. I guess I've always been a polyglot?

[@polyglotgrace]

haha

[@vongprachanhvirathavoneras2302]

The thing is that people from Vientiane consumed so much of Thai media that it has influenced our use of language, young people would use Thai words rather than Lao. In fact, Issan's language is more similar to other parts of Laos and contains the originality of Lao language, you can even say that Issan people speak better Lao than Vientiane people

[@princesssheilla3919Philippines]

Hey! Grace i am from South Korea. Lao language sounds fun🎉🎉🎉

[@viexay]

Much easier than thai I tell you that

[@OrganicFaithFactory]

Similar but it has different meaning as there have been many misunderstanding that Laos accuse Thai people because they think they understand Thai language.

[@user-zm9gc1kt8b]

You should add LAO language as your 12th language! A Western polyglot would add Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French and Romanian as it is an awesome easier way to get build the amount of languages they can speak. Love your channel Grace. I think you are amazing and soon would love you to be my teacher with helping me perfect my Thai.ขอบคถณมากๆน้องเกรซ

[@polyglotgrace]

Thank you!

[@florencegentileschi-phan5030]

Oh! The Lao word for 'work' is so similar to a word that we use in Vietnamese! (việc) Although Lao 'het viak' sounds like hết việc which ironically means to 'lose work'.

[@thanksforyouropinion2682]

I think 'hết việc' is more like 'finished work'

[@muhammadfarizakbar7650]

The condition is similar when Indonesian are speaking to Malaysian with their own languages and they can understand each other

[@davidslchan]

ยู่ที่เชียงใหม่สองปีแล้ว มีเพื่อนอีสานมากกว่าเพื่อนไทย Most of them are from Surin. So I find myself using แซ่บหลายๆ more often in Chiang Mai. 🙏🏼

[@vsayako]

Thai and Lao languages are 95% similar, the same as you go to SamNeua province the accent and some words are different. Same if you go to the South of Thailand the accent of the people and some words are different from Thai Bangkok. This is no difference no surprise.!!

[@Tiaimo]

ย่าง & แล่น ยังมีใช้ในภาษาไทยภาคอื่นตามปกติครับ อีสานหรือปักษ์ใต้ก็ใช้ ทำงาน = เฮ็ดเวียก - คำว่าเวียกมาจากภาษาเวียดนาม Viec หมายถึงงาน

[@polyglotgrace]

ขอบคุณค่ะ ดีจังได้เรียนรู้เยอะเลย 🤠🤠

[@metalvideos1961]

Interesting video. very informative. i am a Dutchman so i speak Dutch. And i can Understand Afrikaans (language derived from Dutch spoken in South Africa) so i can understand them pretty much for at laats 90% if they speak slowly ofc and not use street language haha. is this kinda the same as Thais and Laotian language?

[@DiiDahh]

VERY INTERESTING 🙏 THANK YOU

[@jimfoster1501]

Another great video. Thanks so much Grace

[@johnsgarage6622]

ສະບາຍດີ Bo Great video! Cool to learn Lao after becoming better at Thai

[@financierechris9566]

I'm mixed French Lao thai yes I confirm language is very similar but writing is a big challenge as my parents were lazy to learn me and train me lol, nice video !

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

Then don't be lazy like your parents. Learn and train yourself. lol

[@financierechris9566]

@handsomeman-pm9vy lol don't worry for me ฉันต่อสู้

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

@@financierechris9566 I am black American and I can read and write Thai, speak Spanish and now learning Chinese. Phom cheur jai khun su dai.

[@TonaldDrumppp]

I hate how lao people always try to claim Thai, I bet if you took a DNA test, you'd have ZERO percent Thai. You're a poser

[@norrieist]

Issan language is very similar to Lao even the food

[@su_mei12]

ขออนุญาตเจ้าของช่องค่าาา เผื่อจะเป็นประโยชน์ ภาษาอีสานกับภาษาลาว ความจริงแล้วคือภาษาเดียวกัน เริ่มมีความต่างกันตั้งแต่แยกประเทศค่ะ ถ้าตามประวัติศาสตร์ ลาวกับอีสาน คืออาณาจักรล้านช้าง ประเทศเดียวกันในอดีต ทุกวันนี้ภาษาลาวถิ่นอีสานจะใช้คำไทยภาคกลางมาปะปนเป็นส่วนใหญ่ คำลาวเก่าๆ บางคำไม่ใช้กันแล้ว แต่คนแก่ที่บ้านยังใช้คำเก่าๆ อยู่ เช่นคำว่า ป่องเอี้ยม แปลว่า หน้าต่าง เด็กยุคใหม่จะไม่เข้าใจคำนี้ (บางคนอาจรู้จักถ้าหมู่บ้านนั้นใช้คำเก่าอยู่) หรือคำว่า เจ้า โดย แปลว่า ครับ ค่ะ ฝั่งอีสานไม่ใช้แล้ว มาใช้ครับค่ะเหมือนภาษาไทย สำเนียงภาษาอีสานจึงวิวัฒนาการให้มีความคล้ายภาษาไทย จะมีแค่ไม่กี่จังหวัดที่พูดสำเนียงเดียวกันกับฝั่งลาวและยังคงรูปแบบเดิม มีเปลี่ยนบ้างเล็กน้อย เช่น เมืองท่าแขก-นครพนม / เมืองไกสอนพมวิหาน--มุกดาหาร / ปากเซ-หว้านใหญ่ (มุกดาหาร) / ปากเซ-อุบลฯ เป็นต้น ปล.คนในพื้นที่ค่ะ

[@polyglotgrace]

ขอบคุณมากสำหรับข้อมูลที่ดีมากเลยค่ะ

[@BuddhaBless328]

Ethnically Lao and Thai people are the same. We're all Tai.

[@ajiken123]

สวสดีครับ ผมเป็นคนญี่ปุ่นที่ชอบเมืองไทยครับ คลิปนี้สนุกดีมากๆนะครับ ผมก็เคยไปเที่ยวลาว ไปไหนพูดไทยไม่มีปัญหา ผมก็เข้าใจคนลาวพูดอะไรแม้ว่าผมไม่เคยเรียนลาว ตกใจมากครับ แต่จริงๆแล้ว ງ ไม่ใช่ ว ครับ คือเป็น ง ครับ ວ เป็น ว ครับ In addition, Lao language has influences from Vietnam. ວຽກ(เวียก) "work" itself is came from Vietnamese word "việc"

[@polyglotgrace]

Oh I didn’t know it came from Vietnamese. Interesting Thanks for the comment

[@mg6641]

Very good 👍❤😊👍.

[@konlavatsybuaphan760]

In Lao we have the word "Dern" (ເດີ່ນ) it refers to space such as ເດີ່ນບິນ (Airport), ເດີ່ນຈອດລົດ (Parking space), ເດີ່ນບານ (space for playing football or basketball). we also use another word for working as "hed garn" (ເຮັດການ). This and "hed viek" (ເຮັດວຽກ) can be used interchangeably

[@noyc1394]

Sabaidee bor is more Lao Isan not Lao. I can understand Thai 100% because I know Lao. A lot of people in Laos know how to read and write in Thai.

[@pdstle111062]

Very interesting video, thanks for sharing.

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

คนลาวจะคล้ายคนอีสานอุบล,อุดร,ขอนแก่น,ยโสธร,ชัยภูมิ,นครพนม,สกลนคร,ร้อยเอ็ด,มหาสารคามสำเนียงที่หลวงพระบางจะพ฿ดกันแถบนครไทยพิษณุโลก,พรหมพิรามและหล่มสักเพชรบูรณ์,น้ำปาด,บ้านโคกอุตรดิตถ์

[@afrianaauliya6964]

I'm from Indonesia, Laos sounds like Thai

[@852DJLoki]

There grammar is Very straight , such as have you eat or not ? That or not is bo in Laos

[@LA109plda]

Great video

[@polyglotgrace]

Thank you

[@pctcolin9541]

I speak both. I learn alot of thai because of movies and thai boran

[@MaximilianoHerrera72]

I did the opposite way: I first learnt little bit of Lao listening to Alexandra Bounxuei when she was in Thai TV in the lakhon Jampaa and Rae Rai look Sao Paa. She sounds so sweet that i wanted to learn more Lao lol. But Sandra sounds so nice in every language she speaks.

[@omnick69]

I'm 🇮🇩, i think 🇱🇦language is easier. Or probably Lao is the simple version of Thai.

[@bounna1557]

Lao is not the simple version of thai. It is its own language, not the subversion of another language. Both Lao and thai (thai formerly known as siamese) descend from the Taikradai from south China, that's why there are some similarities between the two languages.

[@ahhwe-any7434]

I had to take some course and I don't remember learning about that at all. I know China has influence on the Japanese. I know Japan had some rule. But I def have not heard that. Not saying that isn't true. I just never heard that. Also, I had to take alotta courses that kinda seemed like they tied in together. Some "bs" courses too, the "electives" tis y I forgot

[@LaoLegends]

Remember coming across your videos during the pandemic and thought how cool it was to see a Thai person become a polyglot learning such different languages than the norm for Thai people. Always fun to listen to the Lao Luang Prabang accent as it's quite different than Lao Vientiane. Also, noticed you having the same problem I had trying to learn Lao back in the states in that if I spoke any Thai with Lao speaker than they'd immediately start speaking a mishmash of butchered Thai and Lao making it super difficult to get Lao down so when I got to Lao I spoke nothing, but Lao and only mentioned knowing Thai. ຮຽນບໍ່ຍາກດອກແຕ່ກໍ່ຕ້ອງບໍ່ເວົ້ວໄທນຳຂະເຈົ້າເລີຍເດີ້

[@shinichimouri957]

อันนี้ลาวหลวงพระบาง มีศัพท์และสำเนียงที่ไม่ค่อยเหมือนลาวกลุ่มอื่น สำเนียงนี้ฝั่งไทยมีคนพูดน้อย ส่วนมากพบในจังหวัดเลย และบางส่วนของภาคเหนือ ถ้าเป็นลาวกลางตั้งแต่เวียงจันทน์ไปจนถึงลาวภาคใต้จะคล้ายกับสำเนียงในภาคอีสานมากกว่าครับ สำหรับคนไทยที่อยากฝึกภาษาลาวจริงๆ แนะนำแบบเวียงจันทน์ (คล้ายหนองคาย) หรือแบบจำปาศักดิ์ (คล้ายอุบลฯ) เลือกอย่างใดอย่างหนึ่งไปก่อนเพื่อให้ได้สำเนียงที่แน่นอน

[@thanksforyouropinion2682]

The word for *work* in Lao is the same as Vietnamese

[@runeer]

Is it similar to the Malay and Indonesian (Bahasa) relationship? There are many words that mean different things, or for the same things we use different words, and there are also words that don't exist on both sides.

[@polyglotgrace]

It is similar but in my opinion Malay and Indonesian are closer

[@MaximilianoHerrera72]

I'd compare it to Spanish-Portuguese (i speak both) and Swedish-Norwegian and also Bulgarian-Macedonian. Very easy to learn one to another but Thai people need to spend little bit more time to have a perfect lao accent because many words have a slightly different tone (also Central lao has 6 tones not 5 and the mid-falling can take awhile for a Thai to master) and you can distinguish a Thai speaking Lao in the first few months. Same happen when some people from Deep Southern Thailand go to Bangkok, sometimes they use a wrong tone (often a high tone) and you hear they are from the Deep South.

[@imperialkhmer6146]

Central Thai are more influenced by the Mon-Khmer culture. I'm not sure if you are referring to just Upper Isan with the country of Lao or the whole Thailand is similar to Lao?

[@mitchellbernard5626]

ตอนนี้ผมรู้แล้วว่าสามารถเดินทางในประเทศลาวและสื่อสารด้วยภาษาไทยได้อย่างง่ายดาย แต่ตั้งแต่ดูวิดีโอนี้สนใจที่จะเรียนภาษาลาวบ้างมากขึ้น

[@SKYBaal-ms6xw]

Its easy, Thai language use the R, sound Ch sound in the languages.. like u said Love... Thai said ruk with the R, LAOS said HUK with H sounds.. like boat Thai daid Rhue with H LAO said HUE with H.. or like Chieng Maj LAOS said Xieng Mhai..

[@skytnn9432]

ผมคนอีสานฟักภาษาลาวได้100%

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

คนลาวไม่ต้องเรียนภาษาไทย..มันจะพูดเป็นเองโดยอัตโนมัติ..แต่คนไทยภาคกลางจะไม่สามารถพูดภาษาลาวได้...แต่จะเดาออกเป็นบางคำ

[@laoxamphanh]

อันนี้ถูกต้อง คนภาคกลางจะฟังภาษาลาวไม่รู้เรื่อง แต่คนลาวฟังภาษาไทยจะเข้าใจ70%ขึ้นไป

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

ภาษาลาว97%เหมือนภาษาอีสานของไทยและ70%เหมือนภาษายวนล้านนาไทยต่างกันที่สำเนียงและคำเฉพาะเล็กน้อย

[@joephon3359]

Isan has Lao blood

[@IanPaulSaligumba]

I miss Luang Prabang 🥹🥹🥹 Wanna visit again

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

ข่อย=แปลว่าฉันใช้กับคนอายุมากกว่า,เฮา=แปลว่าเราใช้กับคนอายุเท่ากันหรือใกล้เคียง,เจ้า=แปลว่าคุณหรือเธอใช้กับบุคคลที่2ที่คุยด้วย,เขาเจ้าหรือคะเจ้าหมายถึงพวกเขากลุ่มบุคคลอื่นหรือกลุ่มบุคคลที่3หลายคนที่ไม่ได้อยู่ในวงสนทนา...ใช้ในกลุ่มบุคคลที่ไม่ใช่1คน

[@dovygoodguy1296]

Sounds like Thai and Lao are as close as Spanish and Portuguese.....How do Thai and Lao do cursive handwriting with the little circles and little ups and downs?? How do both relate to Khmer and Vietnamese?

[@polyglotgrace]

Yeah good comparison. There is no cursive, just different fonts I’m not sure how they relate to the other languages

[@dovygoodguy1296]

@@polyglotgrace How do Thai and Lao get written in handwriting with all those little curls and ups and downs?

[@iammnaborofficial]

Thai and Lao is similar lang. - sa bai dee(Lao Hello) sawatdee krap/Ka(Thai Hello) about the script in Thai the is sharp in Lao is round

[@peterkhotsombath1134]

Our language is very telling about our origin and culture. To know for sure of who we're is to have our DNA examined. Today's Thai language (Bangkok) is a mixed of languages, I would guess at least 50% Lao, and the the remaining are Khmer's, Hindi, and others; examples, the words, yes, no, hello are in Hindi or Khmer and the words, walk "dern" is Khmer. Basically, if Thai language words aren't the same with Lao words, then those words maybe in Khmer, Hindi, or other languages. Lao language has many borrowed words from Chinese, and Khmer as well. For instance, the words, yes sir, and no in Lao language are Chinese words.😮 Actually, for Lao people, Lao is a language that all Tais (Lue, Puan, Deng, Dam, Kao, etc.) Speak. The youngman in the video is speaking in Tai Lue Lao dialect. Thai or Tai means ethnic, tribe, people in Lao. 😮😮

[@princesssheilla3919Philippines]

Is Lao your next language?

[@polyglotgrace]

It’s so similar to Thai that I won’t continue studying it. But I’ll continue learning more and more every time I visit

[@suttirodelertmanasaporn1364]

ไม่❌️ บ่✅️ (อุกอั่ง)

[@pootytang2872]

well done

[@RrTt-cv7do]

Support Asean

[@johnchanthavong]

ຂອບໃຈ=Thanks ຂອບໃຈຫຼາຍໆ=Thank you very much ຂອບໃຈຢ່າງມາກມາຍ=Thanks a lots ເຮືອນ=house, ບາ້ນ=home ແລະ ໝູ່ບາ້ນ=village

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

เฮา=เรา,ข่อย=ฉัน-หนู-ผม,เพิ่น=พวกเขา-เขา,คะเจ้าหรือเขาเจ้า=พวกเขาหลายๆคน,ตูข่อย=พวกเราทั้งหมด,ตูเจ้า=พวกเจ้าโดยทั้งหมด....

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

แม่นหยัง=คืออะไร,อีหยัง=อะไร,เป็นหยัง=เป็นอะไร,ไปไส=จะไปไหน,มาแต่ไส=ไปไหนมา,กินข้าวกับอะหยัง=กินข้าวกับอะไร,กินข้าวแลง=กินข้าวเย็น,กินข้าวงาย=กินข้าวเช้า,กินข้าวสวาย=กินข้าวตอนสายๆๆๆๆ

[@AhnayDiary]

Loog khon gop (like frog) not gok

[@Saassassin2345]

Thai has kmer in it

[@johnnymoon5014]

Thailand and Laos use to be the same country a long time ago. They split up between the Mekong river. Eventually the separation developed its own dialect.

[@bounna1557]

Not really the same country. Laos used to be the kingdom of Lanxang up until the 18th century where it broke into 3 kingdoms. They unfortunately passed under siamese ruling, but the Lao population always remained Lao. There's always been a distinction between Lao and siamese people. Lao people finally regained their independance in the 20th century, but without recovering all the territories of Lanxang. And with the independance they chose the 'Laos' name instead of 'Lanxang'. Laos finally refered to the main ethnic group of the country (even if you'll find a lot of ethnic groups)

[@SKYBaal-ms6xw]

​​@@bounna1557Not the same country...And it's not a country yet...And each own subregion and state..have there own govern.. Like Lanna , Lanxange, Sukotai are separate states before it becomes a country ..I just know that during that time.. Languages was written and sent during war.. Vientian to Ayutthaya or Bangkok to Luang Prabang...but the ? Is what language did they use during those time period that They can read and understand each other.among the elites...

[@linehand21]

Thai and Lao =Tai ethnicity

[@tawatchaikhakwian4229]

เดิน=ย่าง,วิ่ง=แล่น,ขยัน=ดุหมั่น,ดุ๋,ใช่=แม่น,ไม่ใช่=บ่แม่น,บ่อยครั่ง=หลายเทื่อ,ดุ๋หมั่น,ดุ๋,เจ้าชื่อหยั่ง=คุณชื่ออะไร,

[@RightLane393]

Thai Lao is like American and British English.

[@polyglotgrace]

I’d say it’s more one way. Laos mostly understand all Thai but not the other way around

[@AhnayDiary]

No it is not. It's like saying Lao is a broken language of Thai.. which is not true. This is not a good way to explain how similar the language are. Many people like to look down on Lao language saying it is the "ghetto" version of thai.

[@SKYBaal-ms6xw]

​@@polyglotgrace I guess Laos kids are smarter.they understand all Thai .

[@ZakialhafisGhazali]

Do thai have any similar with cambodia

[@polyglotgrace]

yes, it has some. some vocabs as far as I know

[@imperialkhmer6146]

Yes alot because the real Siamese (Central-Thai) are in fact a Mon-Khmer people. The Chakri dynasty still speaks the Old Ayutthaya language and it sounds nothing like Lao or Tai 😂

[@ZakialhafisGhazali]

Thanks for the information my friend

[@imperialkhmer6146]

@@ZakialhafisGhazali If you want to know more about the real Siam history before the Tai influence and arrivals there are many sources and books to read about it if you are interested. Many of the Tai-Lao people believe that Thailand belongs to them just because the culture and demographics (Tai population) lean more towards them. The reality is far from truth because it was the indigenous people of Siam like the Mon and Khmer civilizations were the ones responsible for almost the whole development of what is today's Thailand. The Chinese-thai in Bangkok are the economic driver of the country. While the Mon-Khmer people are the political and royal administrators of the country.

[@imperialkhmer6146]

@@ZakialhafisGhazali My uncle is one of the top politician/educational/religious leader in Thailand. He commands respect from almost all of the Politicians and Business community there. He knows the Thai royal family quite well especially your majesty King Bhumibol.

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

Lao & Thai is like Spanish & Portugese

[@markcurranjr7366]

Koi dai pasa Laos noi nin.

[@viexay]

That's all I can speak is Lao. Alot ! Not alittle. I have no understanding of Thai unless it the same sound & meaning of the Lao word

[@KhanthavisayVongprachanh]

U need to talk to people who know the history look like he didn’t know much Thai peoples like Lao s peoples is the root of Thai peoples u

[@andrejh77]

I'm already used to the thai language, that it seems easier than Lao

[@viexay]

I disagree ! Too much rolling with the tongue 👅 for that thai language. Lao language is so much easier & better. Simple

[@SerLysa-lw5kl]

Lao people can understand Thai but when speaking it is very difficult