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Countries

Countries

Laos
Benin, Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Nigeria

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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

Not Available
Yoruba 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.
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.

Similar To

Thai Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages

Derived From

Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5329
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

2812
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2717
9 60
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Scripts

Thai and Lao Braille
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Ẹ n lẹ

Thank You

ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
e dupe

How Are You?

ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Bawo ni o se wa

Good Night

ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Kasun layọ o

Good Evening

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ka a ale

Good Afternoon

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
e kaasan

Good Morning

ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
e kaaro

Please

ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Jowo

Sorry

ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
binu

Bye

Sôhk dii der
bye

I Love You

ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
mo nifẹ rẹ

Excuse Me

ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
mo tọrọ gafara

Dialects

Dialect 1

Vientiane Lao
Itsekiri

Where They Speak

Laos
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

NA500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern Lao
Ede

Where They Speak

Laos
Benin, Togo

How Many People Speak

NA800,000.00
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

Central Lao
Ulukwumi

Where They Speak

Laos
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

NA10,000.00
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

620
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million30.00 million
0.13 1200
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Speaking Population

NA0.42 %
0.11 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million28.00 million
0.13 873
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Second Language Speakers

NANA
0.01 400
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Native Name

ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Yorùbá

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
Yariba, Yooba

French Name

lao
yoruba

German Name

Laotisch
Yoruba-Sprache

Pronunciation

pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available

Ethnicity

Not Available
Yoruba people

History

Origin

1283 CE
4 BC

Language Family

Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Tai
Western Sudanic

Branch

Not Available
Kwa

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Lao
Yorùbá

Language Position

NA49
1 120
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Signed Forms

Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

lo
yo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

lao
yor

ISO 639 2/B

lao
yor

ISO 639 3

lao
yor

ISO 639 6

Not Available
Not Available

Glottocode

laoo1244
yoru1245

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Isolating
Analytic, Isolating

Lao and Yoruba Alphabets

Lao and Yoruba Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Yoruba. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Lao and Yoruba languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Yoruba are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Lao and Yoruba Language Codes

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