Numbers in Lao

How to count in Lao (ພາສາລາວ), a Tai-Kaidai language spoken in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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Hear some Lao numbers

Notes

Ordinal numbers are formed by adding ທີ່ (ti) before them.

Lao uses number classifiers (ລັກສະນະນາມ - laksananam) when counting, just as in English you would say a piece of paper, a bottle of beer, a glass of wine, etc. Some common Lao classifiers include:

• ຄົນ, (khon) [kʰón] - people in general, except clergy and royalty
• ຄັນ (khan) [kʰán] - vehicles, bicycles, umbrellas, kitchen utensils
• ຄູ່ (khu) [kʰūː] - pairs of people, animals, socks, etc
• ສະບັບ (sabap) [sáʔbáp] - papers with texts, books, documents, etc
• ໂຕ (to) [ɗoː] - animals, insects, birds, shirts, letters, playing cards, furniture, chairs, things with legs
• ກົກ (kok) [kók] - trees
• ຫນ່ວຽ (nuay) [nuāj] - oval objects, fruit, eggs, eyes, etc
• ໃບ (bai) [baj - round and flat objects

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Links

Information about numbers and counting in Lao
https://laolessons.com/lao-numbers/

Information about Lao | Phrases | Numbers | Family words | Tower of Babel | Learning materials

Numbers in Tai-Kaidai languages

Ahom, Isan, Lao, Shan, Tai Dam, Tai Lue, Tai Nuea, Thai, Yongbei Zhuang

Numbers in other languages

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