Countries
Laos
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Thai Language
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
289
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2718
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
hej
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
tacka dig
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
hur mår du
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
godnatt
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
god kväll
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
god morgon
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
vänligen
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
ledsen
Bye
Sôhk dii der
hej då
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Dialects
Where They Speak
Laos
Gabon
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Dialects
Where They Speak
Laos
Georgia
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Dialects
Where They Speak
Laos
France
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
679
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Svenska
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
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
lao
suédois
German Name
Laotisch
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
1283 CE
13th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tai
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Swedish
Language Position
4389
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
swe
ISO 639 2/B
lao
swe
ISO 639 3
lao
swe
ISO 639 6
lao
swe
Glottocode
laoo1244
swed1254
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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