Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
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
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3453
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1028
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2427
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Galatoomi
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Maaloo
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
naa dhiisi
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Nagayattii!
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Borana
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Laos
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Kenya
Laos
How Many People Speak
66,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kenya
Laos
How Many People Speak
13,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
176
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
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
galla
lao
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Oromos
Lao people
Origin
16
1283 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Lao
Language Position
9143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
lao
ISO 639 2/B
orm
lao
ISO 639 3
orm
lao
ISO 639 6
orm
lao
Glottocode
nucl1736
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