Countries
Laos
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5337
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2746
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
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Mhoro
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masikati
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Mangwanani
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Laos
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Karanga
Where They Speak
Laos
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Laos
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
chiShona
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
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
lao
shona
German Name
Laotisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Shona people
Origin
1283 CE
20th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Shona
Language Position
43107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
sna
ISO 639 2/B
lao
sna
ISO 639 3
lao
sna
ISO 639 6
lao
sna
Glottocode
laoo1244
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
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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