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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
God aften

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
God morgen

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Please

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Undskyld!

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Farvel

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Undskyld mig

Dialects

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

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
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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

History

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

Code

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
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Fusional

Lao and Danish Alphabets

Lao and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Danish. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Lao and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Danish Speaking population

Lao and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Lao vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Danish Language Codes

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