Lao vs Myanmar (Burmese)
Writing system comparison · ISO Laoo vs ISO Mymr
Lao is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian (83 Unicode characters) used by 3 languages. Myanmar (Burmese) is a Living Left-to-right script from Southeast Asian used by 4 languages. Both scripts read Left-to-right.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Attribute | Lao | Myanmar (Burmese) |
|---|---|---|
| ISO Code | Laoo | Mymr |
| Direction | Left-to-right | Left-to-right |
| Status | Living | Living |
| Region | Southeast Asian | Southeast Asian |
| Characters | 83 | — |
| Languages | 3 | 4 |
| Script Type | Abugida | Abugida |
| Descended From | Thai | Brahmi |
| Total Speakers | ~3M | ~33M |
| Introduced | 1300 CE | 1050 CE |
| Unicode Ranges |
U+0E81–U+0EDF
|
Only in Lao
3 languages
Used by Both
0 languages
No shared languages
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Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.