Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
- 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3353
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3127
9
60
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Scripts
Ethiopic
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
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Selam
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Dehna dur
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
i'bakwon
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
aznallehu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
tschao
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Gondar
Laos
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Gojjami
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Laos
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Showa
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Laos
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
አማርኛ
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
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
amharique
lao
German Name
Amharisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Amharas
Lao people
Origin
13th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tai
Branch
Ethiopic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Lao
Language Position
5543
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
am
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
amh
lao
ISO 639 2/B
amh
lao
ISO 639 3
amh
lao
ISO 639 6
amh
lao
Glottocode
amha1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating