Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Laos
  
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 in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
bitte
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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