Countries
South Africa
Laos
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
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Lao
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Namibia
Laos
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
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Isolating
All Afrikaans and Lao Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Lao Speaking population
Afrikaans and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Lao on Afrikaans vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Lao Language Codes
Afrikaans and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.