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Countries

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

-
-

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

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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Greetings

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

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Akkam waarite

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Attam oolte / ooltan

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (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

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Sin jaaladha

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Maaloo na dabarsi

Dialects

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
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Wata

Where They Speak

Laos
Kenya

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0013,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

617
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.36 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million24.00 million
0 873
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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

History

Origin

1283 CE
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Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Tai
Cushitic

Branch

-
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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

Code

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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Lao and Oromo Alphabets

Lao and Oromo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Oromo. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Oromo Alphabets there are 34 letters. To learn Lao and Oromo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Oromo 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 Oromo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Oromo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Oromo Speaking population

Lao and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Lao vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Oromo Language Codes

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