Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Laos
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
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
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Ethiopic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
afekirishalehu
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
yiqirta
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Gondar
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Gondar
Laos
Dialect 2
Gojjami
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Laos
Dialect 3
Showa
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
Laos
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
Early Forms
Ge'ez
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Amharic
Lao
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
amha1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating
All Amharic 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 Amharic and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Amharic and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Amharic are spoken in different Amharic Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Amharic vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Amharic dialects include: Gondar, Gojjami. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Amharic and Lao Speaking population
Amharic and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Lao on Amharic vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Lao Language Codes
Amharic and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.