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Lao
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Shona
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Countries

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

-
-

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

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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Greetings

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

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

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masikati

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Mangwanani

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ndineurombo

Bye

Sôhk dii der
bye

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
Pamusoro

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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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Lao and Shona Alphabets

Lao and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Shona. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Lao and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Shona 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 Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Shona Speaking population

Lao and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Lao vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Shona Language Codes

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