Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2127
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
66
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
dankjewel
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
goede Nacht
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
goedenavond
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
goedemorgen
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
alsjeblieft
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
vaarwel
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
pardon
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Gronings
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Laos
How Many People Speak
590,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Laos
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
76
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.32 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
22.00 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
Nederlands
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
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
néerlandais; flamand
lao
German Name
Niederländisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Lao people
Origin
AD 450-500
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tai
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Lao
Language Position
4843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nl
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nld
lao
ISO 639 2/B
dut
lao
ISO 639 3
nld
lao
ISO 639 6
nld
lao
Glottocode
mode1257
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Isolating