Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Sweden
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
928
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1827
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hej
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
tacka dig
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
hur mår du
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
godnatt
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
god kväll
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
god morgon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
vänligen
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
ledsen
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
hej då
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
jag älskar dig
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Dialects
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Gabon
Laos
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Dialects
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Georgia
Laos
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dialects
Central Lao
Where They Speak
France
Laos
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
796
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
15.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.70 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Svenska
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
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
suédois
lao
German Name
Schwedisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Lao people
Origin
13th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tai
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Swedish
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Lao
Language Position
8943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sv
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
swe
lao
ISO 639 2/B
swe
lao
ISO 639 3
swe
lao
ISO 639 6
swe
lao
Glottocode
swed1254
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating