Countries
Laos
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
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
Not Available
Not Available
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
Not Available
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Gondar
Where They Speak
Laos
Gondar
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Laos
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Showa
Where They Speak
Laos
Ethiopia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Not Available
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
Not Available
Amharas
Origin
1283 CE
13th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Early Forms
No Early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Lao
Amharic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional
All Lao and Amharic 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 Lao and Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Amharic Speaking population
Lao and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Lao and Amharic on Lao vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Amharic Language Codes
Lao and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.