1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
hallo
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Dankie
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
goeie nag
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Goeienaand
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
asseblief
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
jammer
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Sôhk dii der
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Northern Lao
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Central Lao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Afrikaans
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology