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Countries

Countries

Laos
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
North America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

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.
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.

Similar To

Thai Language
Apache Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5336
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2812
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2734
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

62
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Nízhdził

Bye

Sôhk dii der
Hágoónee’

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Laos
Arizona

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Navajo2

Where They Speak

Laos
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Navajo3

Where They Speak

Laos
Utah

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.00120,000.00
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 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

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
Navaho

French Name

lao
navaho

German Name

Laotisch
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Navajo people

History

Origin

1283 CE
1500 CE

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Tai
Athapascan

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Navajo

Language Position

4329
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
nav

ISO 639 2/B

lao
nav

ISO 639 3

lao
nav

ISO 639 6

lao
nav

Glottocode

laoo1244
nava1243

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Lao and Navajo Alphabets

Lao and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Navajo. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Lao and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Navajo 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 Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Lao and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Lao and Navajo Speaking population

Lao and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo language is 0.05 %. 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 Navajo on Lao vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Navajo Language Codes

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