Countries
Norway
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Norway
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
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Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
928
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
takk
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
god natt
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
god kveld
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
god morgen
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Vær så snill
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
unnskyld
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
ha det
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Laos
How Many People Speak
30,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Sognamål
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Sogn
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
196
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Norsk
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Norsk
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
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
lao
German Name
Nynorsk
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Norwegians
Lao people
Origin
c. 1300 AD
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tai
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Lao
Language Position
1843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
no
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nor
lao
ISO 639 2/B
nor
lao
ISO 639 3
nor
lao
ISO 639 6
nor
lao
Glottocode
norw1258
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Isolating