Countries
South Africa
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Thai Language
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5353
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1028
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4327
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Molo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Unjani
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Molo
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Ndicela
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
South Africa
Laos
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
South Africa
Laos
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Central Lao
Where They Speak
South Africa
Laos
How Many People Speak
19.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
96
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
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
xhosa
lao
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Lao people
Origin
16th Century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Lao
Language Position
2143
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
lao
ISO 639 2/B
xho
lao
ISO 639 3
xho
lao
ISO 639 6
xho
lao
Glottocode
xhos1239
laoo1244
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating