Countries
Nigeria
  
Laos
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
sannu
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
Don Allah
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
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
haoussa
  
lao
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Lao
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Isolating
  
Hausa and Lao Speaking population
Hausa and Lao speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Lao languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Lao Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % 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 Hausa and Lao on Hausa vs Lao where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hausa and Lao Language Codes
Hausa and Lao language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hausa and Lao Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.