Igbo and Lao
National Language
Nigeria
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
- 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
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
kedụ
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
dalụ
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
ka chi fo
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Biko
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Ndo
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Enuani
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Laos
Dialect 2
Ngwa
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Laos
Dialect 3
Not present
Central Lao
Native Name
igbo
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Ibo
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Igbo people
Lao people
Origin
30th Century BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
Lao
Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1417
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Isolating
All Igbo 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 Igbo and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Lao Speaking population
Igbo and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Lao on Igbo vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Lao Language Codes
Igbo and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.