Countries
South Africa
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Thai Language
Derived From
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Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
728
0
32
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How Many Consonants
5027
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
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sawubona
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
unjani
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Ngiyacela
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
bye
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Qwabe
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Ndebele
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Laos
How Many People Speak
28,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.16 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
12.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
isiZulu
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
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
zoulou
lao
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[zuːlu]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Lao people
Origin
19
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tai
Branch
Beatu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
urban Zulu
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Lao
Language Position
8743
1
120
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Signed Forms
Zulu Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zu
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
zul
lao
ISO 639 2/B
zul
lao
ISO 639 3
zul
lao
ISO 639 6
zul
lao
Glottocode
zulu1248
laoo1244
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Isolating