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Countries

Countries

Laos
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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
Zambia

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Thai Language
Zulu language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5331
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

285
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2718
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Moni

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Zikomo

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masana abwino

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
M'mawa wabwino

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Chonde

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pepani

Bye

Sôhk dii der
anatsanzikana

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Kasungu

Where They Speak

Laos
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

Laos
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

Laos
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

65
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Nyanja

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

French Name

lao
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Laotisch
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Chewa people

History

Origin

1283 CE
15th Century

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Tai
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Chewa

Language Position

4327
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
nya

ISO 639 2/B

lao
nya

ISO 639 3

lao
nya

ISO 639 6

lao
nya

Glottocode

laoo1244
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

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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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 0.22 % 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.