Lao

General Info
ISO 639-3 Code: lao
latlong: 17.966667,102.6 Map it!

Properties	Values	Contributor	Comments
+ 01_Subject Verb	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: kham kin laew Gloss: Kham eat already Translation: Kham has eaten Contributor: Alif Silpachai
02_Verb Subject	No	Alif Silpachai
+ 03_Verb Object	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: maa kin khaw laew Gloss: dog eat rice already Translation: The dogs have eaten rice Contributor: Alif Silpachai
04_Object Verb	No	Alif Silpachai
+ 05_Subject Verb Object	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: laaw khian cot-maai hai saeng thuk mue Gloss: 3SG write letter give Saeng each day Translation: He writes a letters for Saeng every day Contributor: Alif Silpachai
06_Subject Object Verb	No	Alif Silpachai
07_Verb Subject Object	No	Alif Silpachai
08_Verb Object Subject	No	Alif Silpachai
09_Object Subject Verb	No	Alif Silpachai	Possible only when object is under focus via topicalization.
10_Object Verb Subject	No	Alif Silpachai
+ 11_Adposition Noun_Phrase	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: khoi mii muu laai khon yuu hoong-hian Gloss: 1SG have friend many CLF at school Translation: I have a lot of friends at school Contributor: Alif Silpachai
12_Noun_Phrase Adposition	No	Alif Silpachai
13_Adjective Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
+ 14_Noun Adjective	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: mii puem hua nyai song hua Gloss: have book CLF big two CLF Translation: There are two big books Contributor: Alif Silpachai
15_Numeral Noun	Yes	Alif Silpachai
+ 16_Noun Numeral	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: ngua sii too taai mue nii Gloss: cow four CLF die day DEM Translation: Four cows died today Contributor: Alif Silpachai
17_Demonstrative Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
+ 18_Noun Demonstrative	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: maa too nii kin nam juu Gloss: dog CLF DEM eat water PROG Translation: This dog is drinking water. Contributor: Alif Silpachai
19_Possessor Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
20_Noun Possessor	Yes	Alif Silpachai
21_Pronominal Possessor Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
22_Noun Pronominal Possessor	Yes	Alif Silpachai
A 01_Attributive Adjective Agreement	No	Alif Silpachai
A 02_Predicate Adjective Agreement	No	Alif Silpachai
A 03_Degree Adjective	No	Alif Silpachai
A 04_Adjective Degree	Yes	Alif Silpachai
AuxSel 01_Auxiliary Selection	NA	Alif Silpachai	Lao does not use "have" nor "be" as an auxiliary
C 01_Complementizer Clause	Yes	Alif Silpachai
C 02_Clause Complementizer	No	Alif Silpachai
C 03_Adverbial_Subordinator Clause	Yes	Alif Silpachai
C 04_Clause Adverbial Subordinator	No	Alif Silpachai
+ N2 01_Numeral Noun (indefinite)	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: naj heuan nii mii juu sip haung Gloss: in house TOP have DUR ten room Translation: In the house, there are ten rooms Contributor: Alif Silpachai
+ N2 02_Noun Numeral (indefinite)	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: mii mae.nying juu haa khon Gloss: have woman DUR five CLF Translation: There are five women Contributor: Alif Silpachai
N2 03_Numeral Noun (definite)	Yes	Alif Silpachai
N2 04_Noun Numeral (definite)	Yes	Alif Silpachai
N2 05_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) has a definite article	No	Alif Silpachai
N2 06_Definite NP (Num N, N Num) has a demonstrative	Yes	Alif Silpachai
N2 11_The Noun has a different form in Definite and Indefinite (Num N, N Num) contexts	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 01_Standard Negation is Particle that Precedes the Verb	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Neg 02_Standard Negation is Particle that Follows the verb	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 03_Standard Negation is Prefix	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 04_Standard Negation is Suffix	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 05_Standard Negation is Negative Auxiliary verb	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 06_Standard Negation is Higher verb	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 07_Standard Negation is Tone	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 08_Standard Negation is Tone plus Other Modification	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 09_Standard Negation is Reduplication	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 10_Standard Negation is Infix	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 11_Distinct Negation of Class/Property	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Neg 12_Distinct Negation of identity	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Neg 13_Distinct Negation of Existence	No	Alif Silpachai
Neg 14_Distinct Negation of Location	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 01_ Demonstrative Adjective Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 02_Demonstrative Noun Adjective	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 03_ Noun Adjective Demonstrative	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 04_Noun Demonstrative Adjective	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 05_Adjective Demonstrative Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 06_Adjective Noun Demonstrative	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 07_Demonstrative Numeral Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 08_Demonstrative Noun Numeral	No	Alif Silpachai
+ Order N3 09_ Noun Numeral Demonstrative	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Words: muu soong too nii kin bo saw Gloss: pig two CLF DEM eat NEG stop Translation: These two pigs won't stop eating. Contributor: Alif Silpachai
Order N3 10_Noun Demonstrative Numeral	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 11_Numeral Demonstrative Noun	No	Alif Silpachai
Order N3 12_Numeral Noun Demonstrative	No	Alif Silpachai
Q01_Initial polar Q-marker	No	Alif Silpachai
Q02_Final polar Q-marker	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Q04_Polar question by intonation	No	Alif Silpachai
Q05_Polar question by V-fronting	No	Alif Silpachai
Q06_Polar question by Auxiliary-fronting	No	Alif Silpachai
Q07_Q-marker follows narrow focus	No	Alif Silpachai
Q08_Affirmative answer by particle	No	Alif Silpachai
Q09_Affirmative answer by verb	Yes	Alif Silpachai
Q13_Affirmative answer by predicative 'be'	No	Alif Silpachai
Q14_Verb answer to indefinite subject question	No	Alif Silpachai
Q16NEGA_Negative answer by special negative particle	No	Alif Silpachai
Q19ANegQ_Truth-based confirmation	Yes	Alif Silpachai
V2 01_Declarative Verb-Second	No	Alif Silpachai
V2 02_Interrogative Verb-Second	No	Alif Silpachai