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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Malawi, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 14 (Overall)
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Zulu language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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53
Rank: 32 (Overall)
31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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28
Rank: 20 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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27
Rank: 17 (Overall)
18
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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Rank: 5 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Moni
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Zikomo
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Muli bwanji?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Usiku wabwino
3.5 Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Madzulo abwino
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masana abwino
3.7 Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
M'mawa wabwino
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Chonde
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pepani
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
anatsanzikana
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndimakukondani
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Pepani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kasungu
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Malawi, Zambia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kikamtunda
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Malawi, Zambia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kimaravi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Malawi, Zambia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
5
Rank: 5 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
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25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
12.00 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
0.17 %
Rank: 47 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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25.00 million
Rank: 32 (Overall)
12.00 million
Rank: 44 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Nyanja
5.3.3 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
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
5.3.4 French Name
lao
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
Nyanja-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
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5.5 Ethnicity
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Chewa people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
15th Century
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Chewa
6.3.3 Language Position
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
ny
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
nya
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
nya
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
nya
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
nyan1308
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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Lao and Chewa Alphabets

Lao and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Chewa. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Lao and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Chewa languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Lao and Chewa 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 Chewa dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Chewa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Chewa Dialects are spoken in different Chewa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Chewa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Chewa dialects include: Kasungu , Kikamtunda. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Lao and Chewa Speaking population

Lao and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Lao vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Chewa Language Codes

Lao and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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