Countries
Burkina Faso
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- 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
Dagbani Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
828
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1627
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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Hello
Kia ora
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Laafi bala
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Ne y yungo
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ne y zabre
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Kia ora
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
gafare
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
gafare
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Y gafare
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Saremde
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Taolende
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Laos
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.60 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.60 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Mosse
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
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
moré
lao
German Name
Mossi-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[mɔ̀ːsì]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Mossi
Lao people
Origin
11th Century AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tai
Branch
Gur (Voltaic)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Mossi
Lao
Language Position
3743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Mossi Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mos
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mos
lao
ISO 639 3
mos
lao
ISO 639 6
mos
lao
Glottocode
moss1236
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data Available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating