Countries
United States of America
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
United States of America
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
- 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
Apache Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1228
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
26
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Yá'át'ééh
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ahéhee'
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
T'aa shoodi
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Nízhdził
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Hágoónee’
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Shoohá
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Arizona
Laos
How Many People Speak
170,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Navajo2
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
New Mexico
Laos
How Many People Speak
170,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Navajo3
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Utah
Laos
How Many People Speak
120,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.17 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Navaho
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
navaho
lao
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Lao people
Origin
1500 CE
1283 CE
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Navajo
Lao
Language Position
2943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nv
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
lao
ISO 639 2/B
nav
lao
ISO 639 3
nav
lao
ISO 639 6
nav
lao
Glottocode
nava1243
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
Isolating