Countries
South Africa
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3253
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1727
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Dankie
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
goeie nag
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Goeienaand
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
goeie more
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
asseblief
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
jammer
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Totsiens
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Namibia
Laos
How Many People Speak
7.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
afrikaans
lao
German Name
Afrikaans
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Lao people
Origin
17th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tai
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Lao
Language Position
2343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
lao
ISO 639 2/B
afr
lao
ISO 639 3
afr
lao
ISO 639 6
afrs
lao
Glottocode
afri1274
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Isolating