Countries
Laos
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
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.
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
Similar To
Thai Language
Norwegian and Swedish
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2820
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2720
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hallo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Mange tak
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Hvordan har du det?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
God nat
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
God aften
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
God eftermiddag
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
God morgen
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Please
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Undskyld!
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Farvel
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Jeg elsker dig
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Undskyld mig
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Scanian
Where They Speak
Laos
Sweden
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Jutlandic
Where They Speak
Laos
Denmark
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Bornholmsk
Where They Speak
Laos
Island of Bornholm
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million5.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
dansk
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
Dansk, Rigsdansk
French Name
lao
danois
German Name
Laotisch
Dänisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Danish people or Danes
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1100 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
Standard Forms
Lao
Rigsdansk
Language Position
4318
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Danish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
da
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
dan
ISO 639 2/B
lao
dan
ISO 639 3
lao
dan
ISO 639 6
lao
dan
Glottocode
laoo1244
dani1284
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional