Countries
Laos
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Not Available
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-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)
Danke
How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
guten Tag
Good Morning
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
guten Morgen
Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
bitte
Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Verzeihung
I Love You
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Laos
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Laos
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Central Lao
Texas German
Where They Speak
Laos
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Deutsch
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
Deutsch, Tedesco
German Name
Laotisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Germans
Origin
1283 CE
6th Century AD
Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Lao
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
laoo1244
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Fusional, Synthetic
All Lao and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Lao and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Lao and German Speaking population
Lao and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and German languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Lao vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Lao and German Language Codes
Lao and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.