National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Thai Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
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Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Mhoro
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Masikati
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Mangwanani
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Laos
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Karanga
Where They Speak
Laos
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Laos
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
chiShona
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
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Laotisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Shona people
Origin
1283 CE
20th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No Early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
laoo1244
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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Lao and Shona Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Lao and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lao and Shona language. Lao word for "Hello" is ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Lao Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Lao vs Shona Difficulty
The Lao vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lao Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Lao and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lao and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lao is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.