Countries
Laos
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
-
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5322
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
280
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2722
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Sôhk dii der
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Laos
Israel
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
67
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
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
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
lao
hébreu
German Name
Laotisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1283 CE
1000 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Lao
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
4323
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
heb
ISO 639 2/B
lao
heb
ISO 639 3
lao
heb
ISO 639 6
lao
heb
Glottocode
laoo1244
hebr1246
Linguasphere
No data available
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic