Countries
Laos
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography 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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-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)
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
maakye
  
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
wae
  
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Sôhk dii der
  
bye
  
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Central Lao
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Akan
  
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
  
Not Available
  
French Name
lao
  
akan
  
German Name
Laotisch
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1283 CE
  
15
  
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tai
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Lao
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
lo
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
lao
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
lao
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
lao
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
laoo1244
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Lao and Akan Speaking population
Lao and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Akan on Lao vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and Akan Language Codes
Lao and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.