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Countries

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

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

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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Greetings

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

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

goedemorgen
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

pardon
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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

Dutch and Lao Alphabets

Dutch and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Dutch and Lao. In Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Dutch and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Dutch and Lao languages. The Dutch phonology consist Dutch vowels and Dutch consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Dutch greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Dutch and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Dutch and Lao Speaking population

Dutch and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Lao on Dutch vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Lao Language Codes

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