Countries
Laos
South Africa
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
hallo
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Dankie
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
goeie nag
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
goeie more
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
asseblief
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
jammer
Bye
Sôhk dii der
Not Available
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Laos
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Laos
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Afrikaans
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
French Name
lao
afrikaans
German Name
Laotisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
Origin
1283 CE
17th Century
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No Early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Lao
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
laoo1244
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Analytic
All Lao and Afrikaans Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Lao and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and Afrikaans Speaking population
Lao and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Lao and Afrikaans on Lao vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Afrikaans Language Codes
Lao and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.