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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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Rank: 11 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
1.8 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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
    1.9 Similar To
    Thai Language
    Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
    1.10 Derived From
    Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
    Arabic Language
    2 Alphabets
    2.1 Alphabets in
    2.2 Alphabets
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    53
    Rank: 32 (Overall)
    24
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
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    2.3 Phonology
    2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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    28
    Rank: 20 (Overall)
    5
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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    27
    Rank: 17 (Overall)
    21
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
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    2.4 Scripts
    Thai and Lao Braille
    Latin
    2.5 Writing Direction
    Left-To-Right, Horizontal
    Not Available
    2.6 Hard to Learn
    2.6.1 Language Levels
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    3
    Rank: 2 (Overall)
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    2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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    44 weeks
    Rank: 11 (Overall)
    36 weeks
    Rank: 10 (Overall)
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    3 Greetings
    3.1 Hello
    ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
    Habari
    3.2 Thank You
    ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
    Asante
    3.3 How Are You?
    ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
    Habari gani?
    3.4 Good Night
    ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
    Usiku mwema
    3.5 Good Evening
    ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
    Habari za jioni
    3.6 Good Afternoon
    ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
    nzuri Alasiri
    3.7 Good Morning
    ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
    Habari za asubuhi
    3.8 Please
    ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
    tafadhali
    3.9 Sorry
    ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
    pole
    3.10 Bye
    Sôhk dii der
    bye
    3.11 I Love You
    ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
    nakupenda
    3.12 Excuse Me
    ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
    Samahani
    4 Dialects
    4.1 Dialect 1
    Vientiane Lao
    Kiunguja
    4.1.1 Where They Speak
    Laos
    Zanzibar island
    4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.2 Dialect 2
    Northern Lao
    Kimrima
    4.2.1 Where They Speak
    Laos
    Dar es Salaam
    4.2.2 How Many People Speak
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    4.3 Dialect 3
    Central Lao
    Kimgao
    4.3.1 Where They Speak
    Laos
    Kilwa
    4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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    Rank: N/A (Overall)
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    4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
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    6
    Rank: 6 (Overall)
    12
    Rank: 12 (Overall)
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    5 How Many People Speak
    5.1 How Many People Speak?
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    25.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
    150.00 million
    Rank: 13 (Overall)
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    5.2 Speaking Population
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    5.3 Native Speakers
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    25.00 million
    Rank: 32 (Overall)
    15.00 million
    Rank: 40 (Overall)
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    5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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    5.3.2 Native Name
    ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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    5.3.3 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
    Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
    5.3.4 French Name
    lao
    swahili
    5.3.5 German Name
    Laotisch
    Swahili
    5.4 Pronunciation
    pʰáːsǎː láːw
    Not Available
    5.5 Ethnicity
    Not Available
    Swahili people or Waswahili
    6 History
    6.1 Origin
    1283 CE
    6th century
    6.2 Language Family
    Tai-Kadai Family
    Niger-Congo Family
    6.2.1 Subgroup
    Tai
    Benue-Congo
    6.2.2 Branch
    Not Available
    Bantu
    6.3 Language Forms
    6.3.1 Early Forms
    No Early forms
    No early forms
    6.3.2 Standard Forms
    Lao
    Swahili
    6.3.3 Language Position
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    6.3.4 Signed Forms
    Not Available
    Not Available
    6.4 Scope
    Individual
    Individual, Macrolanguage
    7 Code
    7.1 ISO 639 1
    lo
    sw
    7.2 ISO 639 2
    7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
    lao
    swa
    7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
    lao
    swa
    7.3 ISO 639 3
    lao
    swa
    7.4 ISO 639 6
    Not Available
    Not Available
    7.5 Glottocode
    laoo1244
    swah1254
    7.6 Linguasphere
    No data available
    99-AUS-m
    7.7 Types of Language
    7.7.1 Language Type
    Living
    Living
    7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
    Subject-Verb-Object
    Not Available
    7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
    Isolating
    Not Available

    Lao and Swahili Alphabets

    Lao and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Swahili. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Lao and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

    Lao and Swahili Speaking population

    Lao and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Lao vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

    Lao and Swahili Language Codes

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

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