Countries
Laos
South Africa
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Thai Language
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Sawubona
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
unjani
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
okuhle ekuseni
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ngiyacela
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Laos
Gabon, South Africa
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Laos
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Laos
Zimbabwe
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
isiZulu
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
Isizulu, Zunda
German Name
Laotisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Zulu people
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Branch
Not Available
Beatu
Early Forms
No Early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Lao
Deep Zulu
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
laoo1244
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available
All Lao and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Zulu Speaking population
Lao and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Lao vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Zulu Language Codes
Lao and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.