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
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
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Not Available
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.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
مرحبا
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
شكرا
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
تصبح على خير
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
مساء الخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
صباح الخير
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
من فضلك
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
آسف
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
I Love You
أحبك
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
اعذرني
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Laos
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Sudan
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
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
German Name
Arabisch
Laotisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Arabs
Not Available
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Branch
North Arabic
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Lao
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
laoo1244
Linguasphere
12-AAC
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
Arabic and Lao Speaking population
Arabic and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available. 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 Arabic and Lao on Arabic vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Arabic and Lao Language Codes
Arabic and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.