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 in
Alphabets
5326
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Subax wanaagsan
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Fadlan
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
sorry
Bye
Sôhk dii der
caraysiiyo
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
iga raali ahow
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
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Laos
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
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
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
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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