Countries
Benin, Nigeria
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nigeria
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
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Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2953
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1228
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1727
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
e dupe
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
ka a ale
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
e kaaro
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Jowo
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
binu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Laos
How Many People Speak
500,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ede
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
Laos
How Many People Speak
800,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Nigeria
Laos
How Many People Speak
10,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.42 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
28.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
30.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Yorùbá
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
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
yoruba
lao
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
Lao people
Origin
4 BC
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
Tai
Branch
Kwa
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
Lao
Language Position
4943
1
120
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Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
yo
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yor
lao
ISO 639 2/B
yor
lao
ISO 639 3
yor
lao
ISO 639 6
yor
lao
Glottocode
yoru1245
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Isolating