Countries
Laos
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Regulated By
-
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Thai Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5324
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
285
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2721
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Habari
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Asante
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Habari gani?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Habari za asubuhi
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
tafadhali
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
pole
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
nakupenda
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Samahani
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Laos
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Laos
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0075,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Laos
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0075,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million150.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million75.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Kiswahili
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
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
lao
swahili
German Name
Laotisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1283 CE
6th century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Swahili
Language Position
4321
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
lo
sw
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
swa
ISO 639 2/B
lao
swa
ISO 639 3
lao
swa
ISO 639 6
lao
swa
Glottocode
laoo1244
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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