Countries
Laos
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
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
-
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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
2812
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2717
9
60
👆🏻
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 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
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
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Ede
Where They Speak
Laos
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Laos
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.22 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Yoruba people
Origin
1283 CE
4 BC
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
Yorùbá
Language Position
4349
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
lao
yor
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