Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Laos
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
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Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
tschao
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
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
amharique
  
lao
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Not Available
  
Origin
13th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Isolating
  
Amharic and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Lao language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Lao Difficulty
The Amharic vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.