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
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Bye
وداعا
  
Sôhk dii der
  
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
17,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
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
  
French Name
arabe
  
lao
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Not Available
  
Origin
512 CE
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Tai
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ar
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Arabic 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 Arabic and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Lao language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Lao Difficulty
The Arabic vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.