1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
- 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
Kinyarwanda Language
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
Bwakeye
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
3.2 Thank You
Urakoze
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
3.3 How Are You?
Urakomeye?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
3.4 Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
3.5 Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
3.7 Good Morning
Mwaramutse
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
3.8 Please
Ndagusavye
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
3.9 Sorry
Not available
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Not available
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not available
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Vientiane Lao
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
990,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
153,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
8.80 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.80 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
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
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo 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
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology