Countries
Laos
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Thai Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5333
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2731
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Selam
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
i'bakwon
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
aznallehu
Bye
Sôhk dii der
tschao
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Gondar
Where They Speak
Laos
Gondar
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Laos
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Showa
Where They Speak
Laos
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
አማርኛ
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
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
lao
amharique
German Name
Laotisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Amharas
Origin
1283 CE
13th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Lao
Amharic
Language Position
4355
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
amh
ISO 639 2/B
lao
amh
ISO 639 3
lao
amh
ISO 639 6
lao
amh
Glottocode
laoo1244
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional