Countries
Laos
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Thai Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
مرحبا
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
شكرا
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
مساء الخير
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
صباح الخير
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
من فضلك
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
آسف
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
أحبك
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Laos
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Laos
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Levantine
Where They Speak
Laos
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
(al arabiya) العربية
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
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Laotisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Arabs
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
arab1395
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
Lao and Arabic Speaking population
Lao and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Lao vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Arabic Language Codes
Lao and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.