Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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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
Alphabets
2453
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
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
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
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Laos
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Laos
How Many People Speak
75,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.42 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
15.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
75.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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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
French Name
swahili
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
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Lao
Language Position
2143
1
120
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Signed Forms
Swahili Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swa
lao
ISO 639 2/B
swa
lao
ISO 639 3
swa
lao
ISO 639 6
swa
lao
Glottocode
swah1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating