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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Laos
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
13
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
1.8 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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Thai Language
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
5326
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
285
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2721
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Thai and Lao Braille
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
65
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Hello
3.2 Thank You
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
ສະ​ບາຍ​ດີ​ຕອນ​ເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
sorry
3.10 Bye
Sôhk dii der
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
ຂ້ອຍ​ຮັກ​ເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
ຂໍ​ໂທດ (kho othd)
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Vientiane Lao
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Northern Lao
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Central Lao
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Laos
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
63
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NANA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million8.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
af Soomaali
5.3.3 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
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
lao
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Laotisch
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
1283 CE
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tai
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No Early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Lao
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
NA83
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
lo
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
lao
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
lao
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
lao
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
laoo1244
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Isolating
Not Available

Lao and Somali Alphabets

Lao and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Lao and Somali. In Lao Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Lao and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Lao and Somali languages. The Lao phonology consist Lao vowels and Lao consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Lao greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Lao and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Lao and Somali Speaking population

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

Lao and Somali Language Codes

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