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Lao and Norwegian


Lao
Norwegian and Lao


Countries

Countries
Laos   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Thai Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
28   
20
9   
6

How Many Consonants
27   
17
20   
10

Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)   
hallo   

Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)   
takk   

How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)   
god natt   

Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)   
god morgen   

Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)   
unnskyld   

Bye
Sôhk dii der   
ha det   

I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Northern Lao   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Central Lao   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)   
Norsk   

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   
Norsk   

French Name
lao   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Laotisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1283 CE   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tai   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Lao   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
lo   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lao   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
lao   
nor   

ISO 639 3
lao   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
laoo1244   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Isolating   
Fusional   

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All Lao and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Lao and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Lao are spoken in different Lao Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Lao vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Lao dialects include: Vientiane Lao, Northern Lao. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Lao and Norwegian Speaking population

Lao and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lao and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Lao and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lao language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Lao vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lao and Norwegian Language Codes

Lao and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Lao and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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