Lao and Igbo
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Nigeria
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
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Thai Language
Not Available
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
kedụ
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
dalụ
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
ka chi fo
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Biko
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ndo
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Not Available
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Enuani
Where They Speak
Laos
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Laos
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Not present
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
igbo
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
Ibo
German Name
Laotisch
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Igbo people
Origin
1283 CE
30th Century BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Igbo
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Agglutinative
All Lao and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Igbo Speaking population
Lao and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Lao vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Igbo Language Codes
Lao and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.