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Countries

Countries

Laos
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Somalia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Middle East

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen

Regulated By

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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy

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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.

Similar To

Thai Language
Afar and Oromo Language

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5326
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

285
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2721
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hello

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Sidee tahay ?

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Habeenka Good

Good Evening

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

Good Afternoon

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

Good Morning

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

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Fadlan

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
sorry

Bye

Sôhk dii der
caraysiiyo

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Waan ku jeclahay

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
iga raali ahow

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Northern Somali

Where They Speak

Laos
Gabon, Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Benaadir

Where They Speak

Laos
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0016,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Af-Ashraaf

Where They Speak

Laos
Standard Somali

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0021.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.22 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million8.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.00 million21.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
af Soomaali

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
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga

French Name

lao
somali

German Name

Laotisch
Somali

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
[afsoomaali]

Ethnicity

Lao people
Somalis

History

Origin

1283 CE
19th century

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
Somali

Language Position

4383
1 120
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Signed Forms

Lao Sign Language
Somali Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
so

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
som

ISO 639 2/B

lao
som

ISO 639 3

lao
som

ISO 639 6

lao
som

Glottocode

laoo1244
soma1255

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
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Lao and Somali Alphabets

Lao and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Somali. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Lao and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Somali 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 Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Somali Speaking population

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

Lao and Somali Language Codes

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