Countries
Laos
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Thai Language
Somali Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5334
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
2810
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2724
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
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
akkam
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Maaloo
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
naa dhiisi
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Nagayattii!
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Borana
Where They Speak
Laos
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Orma
Where They Speak
Laos
Kenya
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Wata
Where They Speak
Laos
Kenya
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
617
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Afaan Oromo
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
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
lao
galla
German Name
Laotisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Oromos
Origin
1283 CE
16
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tai
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
4391
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
orm
ISO 639 2/B
lao
orm
ISO 639 3
lao
orm
ISO 639 6
lao
orm
Glottocode
laoo1244
nucl1736
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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