1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Laos
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
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
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
مرحبا
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
تصبح على خير
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
مساء الخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
صباح الخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
أحبك
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
452.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
206.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
246.00 millionNA
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
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
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Lao
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating