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
-
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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 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
-
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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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masana abwino
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
M'mawa wabwino
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Chonde
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pepani
Bye
Sôhk dii der
anatsanzikana
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pepani
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
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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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