Countries
Laos
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Ghana
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
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Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Thai Language
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5321
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2810
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2716
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
ete-sen
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
meda ase
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
maadwo
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
maadwo
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
maaha
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
maakye
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
wae
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Kafra
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Asante
Where They Speak
Laos
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Laos
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Fante
Where They Speak
Laos
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Akan
Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Twi, Fante
French Name
lao
akan
German Name
Laotisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Akan people
Origin
1283 CE
15
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Akan
Language Position
43104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
aka
ISO 639 2/B
lao
aka
ISO 639 3
lao
aka
ISO 639 6
lao
aka
Glottocode
laoo1244
akan1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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