1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
sannu
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
gode ku
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
yaya dai
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
mai kyau dare
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
barka da yamma
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
barka da rana
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
mai kyau safe
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Don Allah
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
yi hakuri
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ina son ku
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
gafara dai
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
50.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
35.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 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
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
pʰáːsǎː láːw
5.5 Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology