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
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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
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Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Laos
Sogn
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Laos
Hallingdal, Valdres
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
Branch
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Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Lao
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
laoo1244
norw1258
Linguasphere
No data available
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional
All Lao and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Norwegian Speaking population
Lao and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Lao vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Norwegian Language Codes
Lao and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.