Countries
Laos
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Habari
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Asante
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
tafadhali
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pole
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Laos
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Laos
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Laos
Kilwa
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Kiswahili
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
German Name
Laotisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1283 CE
6th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Swahili
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
laoo1244
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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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 0.22 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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.