Countries
Laos
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Thai Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
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
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
hallo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
takk
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
god natt
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
god morgen
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Vær så snill
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
unnskyld
Bye
Sôhk dii der
ha det
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Laos
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Laos
Sogn
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Laos
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
619
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.07 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Norsk
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
Norsk
French Name
lao
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Laotisch
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Lao people
Norwegians
Origin
1283 CE
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Lao
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
4318
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
nor
ISO 639 2/B
lao
nor
ISO 639 3
lao
nor
ISO 639 6
lao
nor
Glottocode
laoo1244
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional