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Countries

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

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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2953
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1228
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)

Good Morning

e kaaro
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)

Please

Jowo
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)

Sorry

binu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)

Bye

bye
Sôhk dii der

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)

Dialects

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
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Central Lao

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Laos

How Many People Speak

10,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

206
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.22 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

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

Code

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

Yoruba and Lao Alphabets

Yoruba and Lao Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Lao. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Yoruba and Lao languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Lao languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Lao greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Lao are Most Spoken Languages.

All Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Lao dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Yoruba and Lao Speaking population

Yoruba and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Lao on Yoruba vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Lao Language Codes

Yoruba and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.