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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Thai Language

Derived From

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2853
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

828
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2827
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

شكرا
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

تصبح على خير
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

مساء الخير
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

صباح الخير
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

من فضلك
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

آسف
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

وداعا
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

أحبك
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

اعذرني
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Laos

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Sudan
Laos

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Laos

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

266
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
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

arabe
lao

German Name

Arabisch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Arabs
Lao people

History

Origin

512 CE
1283 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Tai

Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Lao

Language Position

2543
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
lao

ISO 639 2/B

ara
lao

ISO 639 3

ara
lao

ISO 639 6

ara
lao

Glottocode

arab1395
laoo1244

Linguasphere

12-AAC
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating

Arabic and Lao Alphabets

Arabic and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Lao. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Arabic and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Lao languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic 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 Arabic and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Lao Speaking population

Arabic and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Lao on Arabic vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Lao Language Codes

Arabic and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.