Countries
Countries
Madagascar
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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.
Similar To
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2153
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Salama!
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Misaotra
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Alina tsara
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Maraina tsara
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
azafady
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Miala tsiny
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Veloma!
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Tiako ianao.
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Azafady
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Merina
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Sakalava
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Plateau Malagasy
Central Lao
Where They Speak
-
Laos
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.28 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
18.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
18.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
malgache
lao
German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Lao people
History
Origin
1000 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Austronesian
Tai
Branch
Indonesian
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Lao
Language Position
8443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malagasy Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
mg
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlg
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mlg
lao
ISO 639 3
mlg
lao
ISO 639 6
mlg
lao
Glottocode
mala1537
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating