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Countries

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

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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Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

galab wanaagsan
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

Subax wanaagsan
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Fadlan
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

caraysiiyo
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

Waan ku jeclahay
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

iga raali ahow
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

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

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

History

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

Code

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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Somali and Lao Alphabets

Somali and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Somali and Lao. In Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Somali and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Somali and Lao languages. The Somali phonology consist Somali vowels and Somali consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Somali greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Somali and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Somali and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Somali and Lao Speaking population

Somali and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is 0.07 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is 0.22 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Lao on Somali vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Somali and Lao Language Codes

Somali and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.