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Lao
Lao
Lao and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Laos  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
28  
20

How Many Consonants
9  
1
27  
17

Scripts
Latin  
Thai and Lao Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)  

Thank You
Danke  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)  

Please
bitte  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)  

Bye
Tschüs  
Sôhk dii der  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Vientiane Lao  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Northern Lao  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Central Lao  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
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
allemand  
lao  

German Name
Deutsch  
Laotisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
pʰáːsǎː láːw  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Not Available  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1283 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Tai-Kadai Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Tai  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Lao  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
lo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
lao  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
lao  

ISO 639 3
deu  
lao  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
laoo1244  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Isolating  

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All German and Lao Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all German and Lao dialects. Various dialects of German and Lao language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Lao Dialects are spoken in different Lao speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Lao Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao , Northern Lao. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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German and Lao Speaking population

German and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of German and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Lao on German vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Lao Language Codes

German and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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