Countries
Laos
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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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
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5357
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
287
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2750
9
60
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Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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
Bye
Sôhk dii der
bye
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
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern Lao
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Laos
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Central Lao
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Laos
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million30.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.22 %0.16 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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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
French Name
lao
zoulou
German Name
Laotisch
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Lao people
Zulu people
Origin
1283 CE
19
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tai
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Lao
Deep Zulu
Language Position
4387
1
120
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Signed Forms
Lao Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
lo
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lao
zul
ISO 639 2/B
lao
zul
ISO 639 3
lao
zul
ISO 639 6
lao
zul
Glottocode
laoo1244
zulu1248
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
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