Countries
Laos
Benin, Nigeria
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
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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
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Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
e kaasan
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
e kaaro
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Jowo
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
binu
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Laos
Nigeria
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ede
Where They Speak
Laos
Benin, Togo
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Laos
Nigeria
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
German Name
Laotisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Yoruba people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
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 0.22 % 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.