Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- 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
Norwegian and Swedish
Thai Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2028
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
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
Mange tak
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
God nat
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
God aften
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
God morgen
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Undskyld!
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Farvel
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Scanian
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Sweden
Laos
How Many People Speak
80,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Denmark
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Laos
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.50 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
dansk
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
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
danois
lao
German Name
Dänisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Lao people
Origin
c. 1100 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Lao
Language Position
1843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
da
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
dan
lao
ISO 639 2/B
dan
lao
ISO 639 3
dan
lao
ISO 639 6
dan
lao
Glottocode
dani1284
laoo1244
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating