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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
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
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
lo
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Analytic
  
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.