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Countries

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Laos

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Germany
Laos, Northeastern Thailand

Second Language

North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Thai Language

Derived From

Albanian Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2653
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1028
0 32
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How Many Consonants

927
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

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hallo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)

Thank You

Danke
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)

How Are You?

Wie geht es dir?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)

Good Night

gute Nacht
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

guten Morgen
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

bitte
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

Verzeihung
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

Tschüs
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Ich liebe dich
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

Entschuldigung
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Swiss German
Vientiane Lao

Where They Speak

Switzerland
Laos

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Swabian German
Northern Lao

Where They Speak

Germany
Laos

How Many People Speak

820,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Texas German
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Texas
Laos

How Many People Speak

6,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

286
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

229.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.39 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

101.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

128.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Deutsch
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)

Alternative Names

Deutsch, Tedesco
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

allemand
lao

German Name

Deutsch
Laotisch

Pronunciation

[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw

Ethnicity

Germans
Lao people

History

Origin

6th Century AD
1283 CE

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Tai

Branch

Western
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No Early forms

Standard Forms

German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Lao

Language Position

943
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed German
Lao Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

de
lo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

deu
lao

ISO 639 2/B

ger
lao

ISO 639 3

deu
lao

ISO 639 6

deus
lao

Glottocode

high1287, uppe1397
laoo1244

Linguasphere

52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating

German and Lao Alphabets

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

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

German and Lao Speaking population

German and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of German and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Lao on German vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Lao Language Codes

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