Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Laos
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Habari
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Asante
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Habari gani?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Usiku mwema
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
tafadhali
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
pole
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
nakupenda
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Samahani
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Laos
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Laos
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Laos
Native Name
Kiswahili
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
German Name
Swahili
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[swaˈhili]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Lao people
Origin
6th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Lao
Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
swah1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Lao Speaking population
Swahili and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Lao on Swahili vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Lao Language Codes
Swahili and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.