Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Somalia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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Interesting Facts
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
528
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2127
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Habeenka Good
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Evening Good
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Fadlan
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
caraysiiyo
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Benaadir
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Laos
How Many People Speak
16,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Laos
How Many People Speak
21.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
13.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.07 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
21.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
af Soomaali
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
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
somali
lao
German Name
Somali
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[afsoomaali]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Somalis
Lao people
Origin
19th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tai
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Lao
Language Position
8343
1
120
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Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
som
lao
ISO 639 2/B
som
lao
ISO 639 3
som
lao
ISO 639 6
som
lao
Glottocode
soma1255
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
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Isolating