Countries
Laos
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Thai Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5344
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2812
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2732
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
sannu
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
gode ku
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
yaya dai
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
barka da rana
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
mai kyau safe
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Don Allah
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
yi hakuri
Bye
Sôhk dii der
sai anjima
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Laos
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Laos
Niger
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Laos
Niger
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
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
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
lao
haoussa
German Name
Laotisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1283 CE
14
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Hausa
Language Position
4334
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
hau
ISO 639 2/B
lao
hau
ISO 639 3
lao
hau
ISO 639 6
lao
hau
Glottocode
laoo1244
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional