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
Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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
Branch
Western
Not Available
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 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
laoo1244
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Isolating
German 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 German and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Lao language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common German Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Lao Difficulty
The German vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.
