1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Dutch Language
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
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
hallo
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
goeie more
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
jammer
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Baster Afrikaans
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?
25.00 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million7.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology